Convocation 2014 K K Birla Goa Campus BITS Vision

“ What do we propose to do here? We want to teach real science whether it is engineering, chemistry, humanities, physics or any other branch. We want to develop a scientific approach in Pilani, which means there would be no dogma. There will be a search for truth. What we propose to do here is to cultivate a scientific mind.”

--The Late Shri G. D. Birla Founder Chairman, BITS Pilani.

“….to prepare young men and women to act as leaders for the promotion of the economic and industrial development of the country and to play a creative role in service to humanity.”

--The Late Dr. K. K. Birla Former Chancellor, BITS Pilani.

“What is it that can empower our nation? The most obvious answer is education. Education that enhances livelihoods but also education that is value-based. Education that gives roots and gives wings as well.”

--Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla Chancellor BITS Pilani MINUTE TO MINUTE PROGRAMME OF CONVOCATION 2014 August 03, 2014

09:00 AM Tree plantation by Chief Guest at VGH 09:10 AM Chief Guest arrives; received by Vice-Chancellor, Members BoG, Directors and Registrar at B Dome 09:15AM Unveiling of Shri G. D. Birla Mural by the Chief Guest 09.20 AM Vice-Chancellor, Members BoG, Directors and Registrar meet the Chief Guest in the Conference Room 9:40 AM Chief Guest is helped with wearing the robe and escorted to the Auditorium 9.40 AM Assembly of Members of the Senate in the portico at the Auditorium 9.45 AM Introduction of the Senate members to the Chief Guest by the Vice- Chancellor and Director 9.55 AM Academic procession proceeds in columns of two, led by Registrar to the Convocation Hall. Procession music is played.{When the procession enters the Convocation Hall, all assembled will rise in their seats, and remain standing until the members forming the procession have taken their seats on the stage} 10.00 AM Invocation 10.02 AM Registrar requests the Vice-Chancellor to declare the Convocation open. The Convocation is declared open by the Vice-Chancellor 10:03 AM Report on activities of the Institute and address by the Vice-Chancellor 10:13 AM Vice-Chancellor reads the Chancellor’s Message 10.18 AM Director's Report 10.26 AM Introduction of the Chief Guest by the Director 10.28 AM Convocation address by the Chief Guest 10.48 AM Presentation of Memento to the Chief Guest by the Vice-Chancellor 10.50 AM Presentation of Degrees: Registrar presents the candidates who have qualified for various Degrees; {All the candidates will rise in their seats and keep standing as the citation is read by the Vice-Chancellor} 10.53 AM Presentation of Degrees by Vice-Chancellor/Director 11.50 AM Award of Medals by the Chief Guest 11.55 AM Administration of Oath to the recipients of various Degrees by the Gold Medalist. {Ms Namita Paul, Gold medalist will lead the Oath. Recipients of Degrees will stand and repeat the oath word by word} 11.57 AM Vote of Thanks 12.03 PM The Convocation is dissolved by the Vice-Chancellor 12.04 PM National Anthem. {All assembled will rise and stand while the National Anthem is played, and remain standing till the procession completely leaves the Hall.} 12.05 PM Academic procession departs. Procession music is played. 12.15 PM Convocation Lunch

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 1 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla Chancellor Smt. Shobhana Bhartia Pro-Chancellor Prof. B.N. Jain Vice-Chancellor Shri B.K. Birla Shri Kris Ramachandran Shri Sidharth Birla Shri Rajiv Verma Smt. Manjushree Khaitan Shri H.S. Bawa Prof. G. Raghurama Prof. M.M.S. Anand (Registrar), Non-member Shri Hemant Kumar Secretary

SENATE MEMBERS Chairman Prof. Bijendra Nath Jain - Vice-Chancellor

Vice-Chairman Prof. G. Raghurama - Director, Pilani Campus

Secretary Prof. M.M.S. Anand – Registrar

Other Members Directors Prof. Ranendra N. Saha, Dubai Campus Prof. K. E. Raman (Acting), K K Birla Goa Campus Prof. V. S. Rao, Hyderabad Campus Prof. R. K. Mittal (Special Projects), Pilani Campus Prof. G. Sundar (Off-Campus Programmes & Industry Engagement), Pilani Campus

2 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus Deans University Wide Pilani Campus Prof. S. Balasubramaniam Prof. Ajit Pratap Singh Prof. S. Gurunarayanan Prof. Niranjan Swain Prof. R. Mahesh Prof. Sanjay Kumar Verma K.K. Birla Goa Campus Prof. Sunil Bhand Hyderabad Campus Prof. Suman Kapur

Campus Wide Pilani Campus Prof. Niti Nipun Sharma Prof. Arya Kumar Prof. S.C. Sivasubramanian

K.K. Birla Goa Campus Prof. D.M. Kulkarni Hyderabad Campus Prof. M.B. Srinivas Dubai Campus Prof. Priti Bajpai Prof. B. Muralidharan Prof. Ramadoss Roop Kumar Prof. Thoppil George Thomas

Associate Deans Pilani Campus Prof. Hari Om Bansal Prof. Hitesh Datt Mathur Prof. Anshuman Dalvi Prof. Bijay Kumar Rout Prof. Hemant Ramanlal Jadhav Prpf. Sirkanta Routroy Prof. Anil Kumar Prof. P. Srinivasan Prof. Dalip Kumar Shri K. Venkatasubramanian Prof. Sanjeev Kumar

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 3 Off-Campus Centre Prof. S. Sindhu, Bangalore Prof. G. Venkiteswaran, Chennai

K.K. Birla Goa Campus Dr. Prasanta Kumar Das Prof. Sampatrao D. Manjare Prof. Ranjan Dey Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri Prof. Neena Goveas Prof. Raghunath Ratabole Dr. Lucy J. Gudino Prof. Pravin M. Singru Prof. Aditya Prasad Koley

Hyderabad Campus Prof. Souri Banerjee Prof. Srinivasa Prakash Regalla Dr. K.V.G. Chandrasekhar Prof. Morapakala Srinivas Dr. Sandip Shridharrao Deshmukh Prof. P.K. Thiruvikraman Dr. P. Sankar Ganesh Prof. A. Vasan Prof. Chittaranjan Hota Prof. P. Yogeeswari Prof. Vidya Rajesh

Dubai Campus Prof. Somasundaram Arumugam Prof. K. Kumar Prof. Anand Kumar Prof. Neeru Sood

Professors Pilani Campus Prof. Rahul Banerjee Prof. L.K. Maheshwari Prof. Surekha Bhanot Prof. Rashmi Ranjan Mishra Prof. V.K. Chaubey Prof. Janardan Prasad Misra Prof. Ashis Kumar Das Prof. Rajendra Prasad Pareek Prof. Mani Sankar Dasgupta Prof. Bandi Venkata Prasad Prof. Balram Dubey Prof. Kodali Rambabu Prof. Chandra Bhan Gupta Prof. N.V. Muralidhar Rao Prof. Rajiv Gupta Prof. Ram Kinkar Roy Prof. S. Kanan Prof. Ashoke Kumar Sarkar Prof. Rajiv Kumar Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh

4 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus K. K. Birla Goa Campus Prof. Arun V. Kulkarni Hyderabad Campus Prof. N. Rajesh Prof. P.N.K. Rao Prof. Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju Prof. D. Sriram Prof. Addepalli Ramu Prof. S. Swaminathan Dubai Campus Prof. S. Karthiyayini Prof. S. Swaminathan Prof. Dawood Jalaluddin Shariff Associate Professors Pilani Campus Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary Prof. Pushp Lata Prof. Shibasish Chowdhury Prof. Arun Maity Prof. P.R. Deepa Prof. Dilip Kumar Maiti Prof. Arun Kumar Giri Prof. Sai Jagan Mohan Prof. P. Gopalan Prof. Sudeept Mohan Prof. Poonam Goyal Prof. Debi Datt Pant Prof. Lalita Gupta Prof. Mukesh Kumar Rohil Prof. Subhash Narayan Karbelkar Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev Prof. Kusum Lata Prof. Sangeeta Sharma K.K. Birla Goa Campus Prof. Narendra Nath Ghosh Prof. Jagarlamudi Venkateswara Rao Prof. Vijayashree Nayak Prof. Santonu Sarkar Prof. Bhavana P. Hyderabad Campus Prof. A. Michael Alphonse Prof. V.R. Vinayaka Rao Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta Prof. N. Suresh Kumar Reddy Prof. Jeevan Jaidi Dubai Campus Prof. Maneesha Bhagchandani Prof. Surendra Kumar Prof. Adhir Baran Chattopadhyay Prof. Sankaram M. Prof. Tapan Kumar Datta Prof. R. Udayakumar Prof. Vijaya Ilango Prof. A. Srinivasa Rao Prof. Kavita Sunil Jerath Prof. Krishna Kumar Singh Prof. Ram Karthikeyan Prof. B. Vijayakumar

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 5 Heads of Departments Pilani Campus Prof. Geetha B Prof. Pradipkumar Haribhau Keskar Prof. Debashish Bandyopadhyay Prof. Manoj Kumar Prof. Anil Kumar Bhat Prof. Jitendra Panwar Prof. Navneet Goyal Prof. Subit Kumar Saha Prof. Anu Gupta Prof. Kuldip Singh Sangwan Dr. Suresh Gupta Dr. Arvind Sudarsan K.K. Birla Goa Campus Prof. Raghu Nath Behera Prof. Meenal Anil Kowshik Dr. Shibu Clement Prof. S. Krishnaswamy Prof. Gaurav Dar Prof. Prasanna Kumar N. Prof. Mukund Keshavrao Deshmukh Prof. Meenakshi Raman Prof. Bharat M Deshpande Dr. Debasis Patnaik Hyderabad Campus Dr. Jagadeesh Anmala Dr. Kannan Ramaswamy Dr. R. Gururaj Prof. Y.V. Daseswara Rao Dr. Balaji Krishamurthy Prof. K. Sumithra Dr. P. Lalitha Prof. Ramakrishna Vadrevu Prof. Bivudutta Mishra Dr. V. Vamsi Krishna Venuganti Dr. M.G. Prasuna Prof. Y. Yoganandam Dubai Campus Prof. Bharat Bhushan Gulyani Prof. Mary Lourde R. Prof. C. Periasamy Prof. Shah Jabeen Shazi Prof. D.V. Prasad Prof. S. Vadivel Co-opted Faculty Dr. Anshuman, Dr. Phaneendra Kiran C., Pilani Campus Hyderabad Campus Dr. Jyoti, Dr. Abdul Rajak A.R., Pilani Campus Dubai Campus Dr. Lucy J. Gudino, Dr. Mallika Parveen C., K.K. Birla Goa Campus Dubai Campus Dr. Angshuman Sarkar, Dr. Meenakshi Viswanathan, K.K. Birla Goa Campus Hyderabad Campus

6 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus Librarian Shri Giridhar M. Kunkur, Dr. K.N. Sheshadri, Pilani Campus Dubai Campus Workshop Superintendent Shri G.J. Desai, KK Birla Goa Campus

Chief Wardens Dr. Champak Baran Das, Dr. C. K. Ramesha, Pilani Campus K.K. Birla Goa Campus Dr. N.K. Miller Jothi, Dr. Kumar Pranav Narayan, Dubai Campus Hyderabad Campus

Admissions Officer Prof. Ajit Pratap Singh, Prof. Thoppil George Thomas, Pilani Campus Dubai Campus

Placement Officer Prof. Mani Sankar Dasgupta

External Members Dr. Malini Balakrishnan Dr. Rishi P. Jamadagni Dr. S. Ganguli Dr. Chandra Shekhar

Student Members Shri Kshitij Saxena, Shri S.L. Narayan, Pilani Campus K.K. Birla Goa Campus Shir Mohamed Atyab, Shir I. Praneeth, Dubai Campus Hyderabad Campus

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 7 INTRODUCING THE BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI AND THE K K BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani is an all-India Institution declared as deemed to be university established under Section 3 of the UGC act. It is privately supported, fully residential and admits both male and female students. The primary objectives of the Institute are "to provide for and otherwise promote education and research in the fields of Technology, Science, Humanities, Industry, Business, Public Administration and to collate and disseminate in such fields effective ideas, methods, techniques and information as are likely to promote the material and industrial welfare of India" and to "train young men and women able and eager to create and put into action such ideas, methods, techniques and information".

The Institute was initially registered as a Society under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act of 1958 on the 13th May, 1964. Subsequently, by notification published in the Gazette of India dated the 27th June, 1964, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, declared that the Institute being an institution for higher education shall be "deemed to be a University". The Institute started functioning with effect from 1st July, 1964 with late Shri G.D. Birla as its Founder Chairman.

The Institute started as a small "Pathshala" in Pilani way back in the year 1901 by Seth Shri Narainji Birla with one teacher for educating his grandsons, late Shri G.D. Birla and late Shri R.D. Birla. Pilani was then a small isolated desert village in Rajasthan. The Pathshala evolved slowly and steadily into a High School in 1925 and became an Intermediate College in 1929. The Birla Education Trust was founded in the same year. The Intermediate College developed into a Degree College in 1943. In 1947, this college was raised to postgraduate level. In 1950, Pharmacy courses were started in this college, and in 1952, it was bifurcated into College of Arts and the College of Science, Commerce and Pharmacy.

During World War II, the Government of India established a Technical Training Centre at Pilani for the supply of technicians for Defence Services and industry. In 1946, late Shri G.D. Birla decided to convert it into an engineering college with degree programmes in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Master's programme in Electronics was started in 1955. B.E. programmes in Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering were started later. In 1964 with the inception of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, the colleges, viz., Birla College of Science, Commerce and Pharmacy, Birla College of Arts and Birla College of Engineering

8 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus situated at Pilani, as also all properties, movable and immovable, together with educational facilities, hostels, staff quarters, playgrounds, etc., became part of the Institute and all these properties were vested in it. During the early years of its inception, i.e., 1964 to 1970, the Institute with the support of Ford Foundation Grant had the advantage of having collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. It adopted the semester system, modular structure of courses, continuous and internal evaluation, letter grading, etc. It also created institutionalized linkages with the industries. Over a period of time, the Institute also introduced several flexibilities in its educational programmes.

Dr. K.K. Birla who took over as the Chairman of BITS in 1983 was deeply involved and closely associated with his visionary father in running both the earlier Birla Colleges and the current institute BITS, since its inception. With his spirited involvement in all the activities of the Institute, he was able to see the vision of his father Late Shri G.D. Birla unfolding. Taking over the responsibility of running the institute, Dr. K.K Birla who became the Chancellor in 2003 realized the need for greater number of promising graduates in the field of science and technology in shaping up the nation's development. Hence he initiated an increase in the number of students at Pilani campus during 1999 which gradually carried the total strength from 2500 to 4000. Under his patronage, BITS started expanding by establishing three campuses, one in Dubai in the year 2000, in Goa in the year 2004 and in Hyderabad in the year 2008.

Consequent upon the sad demise of Dr. K.K. Birla on 30 August 2008, Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla was elected as the Chancellor and Smt. Shobhana Bhartia was nominated as the Pro- Chancellor of the Institute. Under the leadership of young and dynamic Chancellor, BITS is taking steps to scale greater heights.

In the year 2000, BITS was accredited by NAAC with the highest possible rank in University accreditation. In 2008-2009, the NAAC peer team visited BITS campuses at Pilani, Goa and Dubai and BITS has been reaccredited with CGPA 3.71 on four point scale at the highest 'A' grade.

Vision 2020: A Strategic Plan for BITS The Institute has embarked on a journey to become one of the leading universities in the world by the year 2020. Initially, a task force was constituted to prepare the Vision 2020 document and the draft 'Vision 2020' was released in February 2009. After several deliberations and discussions, Vision 2020 was formalized and logically split into 3 year long milestones, known as 'Mission Programmes'. First such milestone, Mission 2012, was

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 9 accomplished in the year 2012, after being formally launched in October 2009.

Mission 2012 focused and achieved significantly in six thrust areas - Academic Programs and Pedagogy, People, Research & Consultancy, Campus Life, Infrastructure & Facilities and University Administration. 16 Task Forces comprising of more than 110 faculty members were involved in realizing 33 different goals under these six thrust areas. Several initiatives such as curriculum bench marking and redesign, strengthening student feedback, seed grant, research initiation grant, sabbatical leave policy, performance appraisal, faculty recruitment among others were fully completed and institutionalized into regular operations at BITS.

Other initiatives with varying degrees of completion would be taken up by existing offices, completed and institutionalized. Off Campus programmes (WILP), initially an intrinsic part of the People thrust area, was recognized to be a significant component in realizing Vision 2020. Several initiatives to engage with the industry have been taken up that will be achieved over 2-3 years.

Mission 2012 was formally concluded on a celebratory note, with a formal event 'Reflections 2012', presided by the Chancellor, Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla. The event was held in the K K Birla Goa campus, and was attended by several faculty & staff members. The Task force members were felicitated for their valuable contribution towards Mission 2012 goals.

In March earlier this year, Mission 2015, the next milestone in the journey towards Vision 2020, was formally launched. The Mission 2015, expected to bring a quantum jump in the aspirations of the objectives set forth, entails focusing on 7 imperatives: Faculty & Staff Development, Industry Engagement, Inter-Disciplinary Research, Internationalization, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Quality Assurance & Assessments and Technology Enablement. One team per imperative has been identified and the teams have already started working on refining and actioning the goals.

A growth plan for the next 10 years has been developed and under implementation. While projecting growth in number of students from 11,000 to more than 17,000 by 2020-21 across its four campuses, the plan outlines a strategy for transforming BITS into a research-focused university while continuing to consolidate its First degree and Higher degree programmes. Establishment of new research labs is an important ingredient of the growth plan, for which the plan envisages an aggressive push to sponsored research grants from Govt. agencies and from industry. As a result of extensive efforts to benchmark the First degree and Higher

10 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus degree programmes against the best in the world, the curricula of all First degree and Higher degree programmes have been completely re-designed while ensuring greater focus on discipline-specific courses, on courses in Humanities, and on hands-on learning through lab-based experimentation and thesis work. The new curricula was implemented starting August 2011.

Transforming BITS into a research-focused university is at the top of BITS' agenda. To take that forward, BITS has undertaken several measures. These include (i) Significant increase in the number of “teaching assistantships” that offer tuition waiver and stipend to full-time PhD students and (ii) Streamlining of its processes from admissions to evaluation of PhD dissertation. BITS has undertaken several initiatives to encourage, facilitate and incentivize faculty to seek and execute research grants.

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus The idyllic and sylvan beauty of Goa sets the right ambience for BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, an Institute of excellence in Technology and Science. Nestling in the lap of verdant hills, overlooking the Zuari River, the campus is spread over an area of 180 acres. The location of campus is unique in the respect of scenic beauty and panoramic view of picturesque surroundings encompassing the river Zuari, hillocks, waterways, forests and landscape. The Campus is about 25 kms south of Panaji (capital of Goa), 10 kms west of Vasco-da-Gama, 22 kms north of Margao and 5.5 kms from the Goa airport, along National Highway 17B. The campus houses the main building, having academic and administrative offices, Visitor's Guest house, hostels for boys & girls, student activity centre, faculty & staff quarters, medical centre, playground and shopping complex.

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus was commissioned in August 2004 and was formally inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on May 5, 2006. In keeping with the tradition of innovation and creativity, it has given a state-of-the art touch to the infrastructure of the entire institute without diminishing in the least, the natural beauty of Goa surrounding its campus. Spacious laboratories, state of art classrooms with soundproof acoustics, modern furniture, computer labs with Internet facility and library define the infrastructural pillars of the institution. Being fully residential, separate hostels are provided for girls and boys with single rooms. Prof. T. C. Goel was the first Director of Goa campus and continued till June 2008. Prof. K. E. Raman took over the office of the Director in July 2008. Late Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Aggarwal took over as Director for a brief period from August 2013 to January 2014. http://www.bits-goa.ac.in

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 11 CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Let me begin with congratulating all of you who graduate today. This is indeed a milestone as you complete the first important leg of your journey through life. Today, you stand on the threshold of yet another journey. A voyage that will be marked by challenges and opportunities, adventures and at times misadventures, and triumphs ofcourse. I am sure that as the transition in your learning from academics to the journey of life begins, you will grapple with every situation in a responsible way. That whatever you have learnt here at BITS will give you to begin with, a firm toe hold in the real world.

Let me take this opportunity to briefly share a few of my thoughts on five key points.

The first thing I would like to dwell upon is about the need for continuous learning. The shelf life of knowledge is decreasing at an amazing pace. In your working life it will be imperative to educate yourself and renew your knowledge and skills many times over. A lot of this learning will ofcourse take place in the work environment and again a lot of knowledge can be acquired at a click of a mouse. Technology is a marvel today and accords you a staggering competitive advantage. You must learn how to leverage it. I believe, the ability to keep in step with the knowledge curve will be one of your greatest challenges and a key determinant of your professional success. So keep learning a fresh day in and day out.

The second point that I wish to make is that we live today in times of unprecedented opportunities. You have the leeway to choose what you wish to do, the kind of job you would like to do, the kind of life you would like to lead. You have to believe in the power of your dreams. Believe in yourselves. Be perseverant and passionate and imagine your future. Too many young people give up on their dreams and hang in on the zone of comfort. I have always believed that the quality of one's future is determined or limited by the quality of one's imagination.

12 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus It's not going to be as simple as it sounds, there will be hurdles to cross. You can either ride the current or be engulfed by it. It is up to you how to react. Being challenged in life is inevitable. Being defeated is optional. Look at failure as the crucible in which success is created, as a learning experience, as a process of trying out alternatives and eliminating them. So go ahead and carve out your future on the long road ahead.

The third point is, even as you dream about your future, dream of what you can do for others – how can you make a difference. The sense of a larger purpose creates a sense of energy that can be simply awesome. Today, we see the world grappling with a whole lot of social, economic, environmental and political issues. There are plenty of opportunities for you to engage in these areas, come out with new answers and lasting solutions. Thinking beyond oneself will be an extremely rewarding and soul lifting experience.

The fourth point is about character. It is character that defines you. Character is what you are when stripped of your visible achievements and successes, when everything is taken away. Character is built on rock solid values – honesty, integrity and compassion. Giving your best and striving to be the best that you can ever be. Character is what people remember you for when you finally walk away from your day jobs and hang up your boots, one day far into the future. Strength of character: it is what will define you throughout your life. So be men and women of impeccable character.

And the fifth point that I wish to stress is to give back to your alma mater. You've learnt the basics of business at this school. Basics that have created a platform for you to achieve your goals… fulfil your ambitions… reach the lofty heights you've imagined for yourself! And it has given you so much more than knowledge. It has prepared you for the real world. Your alma mater is where the seeds of your future have been sown. When you look back years later… you'll remember your time here as the 'best days of your life'! You'll feel nostalgic about it.

Hence, it is your duty to give back to BITS with a sense of gratitude. By giving time to share your knowledge and experiences with future students… by contributing monetarily to help deserving students who are short of funds or to enable BITS initiate development programs. And by helping enhance the reputation of your alma mater – you can do your school proud!

As you begin your journey into the real world, let me wish you all great success and happiness every step of the way in your personal and professional life.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 13 VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

Prof. Bijendra Nath Jain

Chief Guest for the occasion, Padma Vibhushan Dr. R. Mashelkar, former Director General, CSIR, and President of Global Research Alliance, Members of Board of Governors, Members of the Senate, Faculty and Staff of Goa campus, the graduating Class of 2014, Ladies and Gentlemen: a very Good Morning to all of you.

It is a special honor for us to have Dr. R. Mashelkar as our Chief Guest for our convocation in Goa. We are deeply indebted to you, Dr. Mashelkar, for accepting our invitation to be the Chief Guest.

It is my proud privilege to welcome you to this happy occasion, Convocation 2014 in Goa, and to highlight the achievements of BITS Pilani, and its four campuses taken together. The report also brings out its future plans, and the challenges BITS Pilani faces going forward. Prof. Raman, Director of the Goa campus, will present a report that is specific to the Goa campus.

As you are aware, BITS Pilani offers undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD programmes in science, engineering, pharmacy, management and social sciences to over 11,500 students from its four campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. While today students in the undergraduate programmes account for nearly 88% of the student body, we expect the share of post-graduate and PhD students to grow from the current 12% to 22% by the year 2020. This change reflects our growing emphasis on pursuing an agenda for research that aims to grow the number of PhD students from the current figure of 732 to over 1600 by year 2020.

You are also aware, BITS Pilani was, in 2005, the first institution in India to conduct BITSAT, an online examination for undergraduate admission. But, more importantly, it has conducted

14 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus BITSAT every year for ten years without any disruption. This summer, nearly 160,000 students took the exam seeking admission to about 2200 seats in its 3 campuses in India. The exam, spread over 21 days, was conducted at 49 centers, including the ones in Srinagar and Agartala. This reflects our commitment to using technology to ensure our admissions process is fair, transparent, and environment-friendly.

You will be pleased to note that during the academic year 2013-14, 3310 students have graduated from BITS Pilani with an undergraduate or post-graduate degree. Of these over 559 will receive two degrees under the Dual-degree programme, an option that only BITS Pilani provides. An additional 58 students have graduated this year with a PhD. In the coming years, we expect these numbers to grow significantly. By year 2020, the number of students completing an undergraduate or post-graduate degree is expected to surpass 3,800, and those graduating with a PhD should exceed 200.

Thus far I have reported on programmes that we run for students who reside on our four campuses. You are aware of BITS Pilani's pioneering role in offering UG/PG programmes to over 20,000 industry professionals. Many of these are run in partnership with industrial organizations. This year, 4,800 industry professionals will graduate with a formal degree for the first time in their lives or will have upgraded their skills to keep up with a fast changing world. Going forward, the enrollment is expected to exceed 35,000 by 2020.

Invariably, and justifiably, BITS Pilani is ranked amongst the top 6 to 8 publicly or privately funded engineering institutions in India. Amongst universities, however, BITS Pilani's ranking has steadily improved from 21 in 2010 to 13 today. International ranking agency, QS, has ranked BITS Pilani at 90 amongst all universities in the 5 BRICS countries, and 14 within India. While that may not attract accolade for us, BITS Pilani ranks high on “citations per paper” and “reputation amongst employers”, together with the IITs. Clearly, we cannot remain content with that. Based on benchmarking our performance on various parameters vis-à-vis other universities, we are now adopting best practices from elsewhere to climb newer heights.

Going forward, we aspire to be listed as one of India's top 3 research-led technical institutes by academic year 2015-16, and be counted by 2020-21 amongst the leading 25 technical universities in Asia. While that may seem like a tall order, we have begun work on a new set of big-ticket imperatives under project “Mission 2015” that will together enable our faculty and students to excel in teaching, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry engagement. I will outline some of the projects we have completed last year. Later, I will

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 15 mention imperatives that we have begun to focus on since last year.

1. Our aggressive plan to recruit research-focused faculty continues to gain traction. In the last 3 years, we have made 325 offers to new faculty from a pool of nearly 27,000 applicants. I am glad to share that 75% of the offers we made were accepted. What is more, a significant number of them have doctoral or post-doctoral experience from the very best universities in India or abroad. Of those who have joined 3 are full professors and 5 foreign nationals. Going forward, we expect to be even more selective in recruiting faculty. 2. Our PhD programme and sponsored research projects are now feeding into each other's growth. Success in these two areas gives us the confidence that we are track to be recognized globally for our focus on research. While the number of PhD students has grown from 417 to 732 during 2010 to 2014, the number of sponsored R&D projects approved last year has grown from 41 to 85 and their worth from Rs. 6.52 Cr. to Rs. 15.87 Cr. in the corresponding period. 3. Our plans to upgrade the physical infrastructure are beginning to take shape across all our three Indian campuses. Project “Parivartan” in Pilani campus envisages very significant investment to expand or renovate housing for students and faculty and other academic areas. While similar projects for expanding our capacity in Hyderabad and Goa campuses are on the anvil, they are stuck due to delays in obtaining environment clearance. 4. In the year gone by, we have started off-campus degree programmes for industry professionals in partnership with 11 new organizations. In the coming weeks, we will conclude similar partnerships with several more. Be that as it may, we have engaged consulting firm, McKinsey, to help us understand new verticals for BITS Pilani to enter and thereby expand its footprint into growing industry segments, and to build within BITS Pilani an organization capable of responding effectively and with speed. 5. In May this year, we launched the new Centre for Research Excellence in Water, Waste, & Energy Management with projected investment of Rs. 12 Cr. over 6 yrs. The virtual centre has brought together faculty and students from across our four campuses and from different disciplines to collaborate and develop real solutions to real problems in areas relating to water, waste and energy management. To give impetus to inter- disciplinary research, we hope to shortly launch another centre for research in infectious diseases. 6. Over the last two years we have established “business incubators” in Hyderabad campus with investments by DST and BITS Pilani to house 14 companies in areas of

16 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus Health Sciences and Information Technology. The 11 companies incubated on the campus have involved 8 faculty members and have already raised Rs. 1.35 Cr. from angel investors. One of the startups uses technology for testing “antibiotic sensitivity of pathogens”, developed by and transferred by BITS Pilani. Similarly, with support from Department of Electronics and Information Technology, an incubator has been established in Goa, while the one in Pilani has been upgraded. 7. With a view to improve quality of education and address concerns for faculty shortages, we have offered two courses on an experimental basis as MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. Given the positive feedback from instructors and students, we have decided to offer many more MOOC courses to students enrolled in our on-campus and off-campus programmes. And to do so, we have entered into an agreement with edX as a contributing member. For India, as you know, this is a second such agreement. Going forward, while the world believes that open access to online courses is the future of education, we at BITS are convinced that courses offered to one's own students using this pedagogy but blended with instructor-led problem-solving sessions and lab work will address the fundamental constraint we face in India, viz. shortage of good quality faculty in universities, colleges, polytechnics and ITIs.

I will now turn my attention to the seven imperatives that we have taken up as part of Mission 2015. I will however speak about only two of them, which to my mind are game changers. The other imperatives are: · Faculty and Staff development, · Industry Engagement, · Innovation and Entrepreneurship, · Internationalization, and · Inter-disciplinary research.

§ “Technology enablement” is a game changer for us. Other than experiencing year-on- year increase in students taking the online BITSAT, we are reaping rich dividend in the form of conserving faculty time from the high-definition video-conferencing and classroom facilities we have across our campuses. Now that a full-scale implementation of ERP is nearing completion, we can see how ERP will impact transparency and speed in the way we do things. Going forward, we are on track to completely automate the process of recording and analyzing attendance in classes.For a country with a growing economy and growing aspirations, technology has to be at the core of expanding opportunities or improving quality of education. BITS Pilani aspires to be a leader in this area.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 17 § Quality assessment and assurance should be, and is, central to what we do as an institution engaged in teaching and research. To do so, we are insisting that we collect and analyze feedback from students, faculty, industry partners, and employers, among others. And to do so we are putting in place a “data analytics” office which will produce reports periodically or on demand for the leadership to review. We are proposing to similarly track quality of research publications as reflected by the journals where our papers are published and by the number of citations for each paper. We are also exploring ways to increase engagement between students and faculty, or between faculty and industry.

Various projects or programmes currently under implementation, together with those proposed under Mission 2015, are part of a larger plan to grow the student body significantly over the next decade, while transforming BITS Pilani to become one of India's finest science and technology institution.

I must pause here and speak about the challenges that limit the growth of universities, particularly those that are independent, and not publicly funded. While there are many, I will focus on two challenges. These relate to (a) funds for creation of lab infrastructure to support research, and (b) rising costs of providing quality education and consequently rising tuition fees. I will suggest measures that the government may take in order to address these challenges.

As a country that dreams of double-digit economic growth, we will need to grow the enrolment in universities to more than 50 Million students from the current 26 Million. This is no trivial task. If it costs Rs. 5 Lakh to create capacity for a single seat in a higher educational institution, the investment required for the anticipated growth will be over Rs. 12 Trillion. Another Rs. 10 Trillion will be required to upgrade existing universities and colleges. The central question therefore is: how should we create high quality institutions of higher education in India, but do so at a scale that satisfies both the aspirations of the next generation as well as the needs of the economy.

Independent, privately-funded universities are an important part of the solution. Already, they play an important role, given that 64% of institutes of higher education in India are not publicly funded, and yet they enroll 59% of the students. Among these, many together with BITS Pilani stand out for their quality of education, especially in fields such as engineering, management or medicine. Even as we speak, many new universities, such as Ashoka University, Azim Premji University, are being established with private funding. These

18 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus institutions offer programmes not only in professional disciplines, but also in areas such as education or liberal arts that were previously ignored by the private sector. Going forward, large-scale participation by the private sector in higher education can and will become significant if and only if the government proactively encourages, facilitates and incentivizes independent initiatives.

Some of the required steps are clear. Clear procedures for land acquisition and for MoEF clearances will hasten the time required for establishing a new university. A proactive stance of regulators such as UGC and AICTE will allow development of innovative programmes. We, however, propose two major steps to empower private universities to increase capacity, while boosting quality so that they will be listed among the best in the world.

The first proposal is to boost funding for research in universities. Constant engagement with research is a key reason why the faculty members at IITs, IISc Bangalore or BITS Pilani are able to deliver high quality education. However, research output of most private universities is poor because of the enormous expense associated with establishing, maintaining and upgrading laboratories that support post-graduate education and research.

Investment in these facilities is difficult to recover, especially since students in Masters and PhD programmes rarely pay tuition fees. Instead, they expect stipend to be paid to them. While the central government has funds to create or rebuild government research labs, funding agencies have limited funds to disburse. Or they simply discriminate against private universities by insisting that they arrange for 50% of the required funds. Even when funding agencies grant research projects to both publicly and privately funded universities on a competitive basis, some agencies have ruled that overheads that pay for expenses such as electricity will no longer be provided to private universities. In contrast to the Indian situation, top private universities in the US such as MIT and Stanford University became research powerhouses by accessing public funds disbursed by NSF or NIH in the US, for instance. By offering equal access to public funds for research, the government will significantly boost quality of education and innovation at independent private universities.

The second proposal is for the government, both central and state, to offer a large number of scholarships which students can take to any public or private university. At many private universities, philanthropy supports the creation of new facilities and other one-time expenditures, but rarely pays for recurring expenditures. Tuition fees from students sustain year-on-year operations. In contrast, government institutions charge low fees precisely because they receive annual maintenance grants from the public exchequer.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 19 This seriously disrupts the level-playing field between public and private institutions. Instead of directly supporting public universities, the government should consider financing students who study there but pay full tuition fee with scholarships. Thereby, students can choose the college that best fits their educational needs and interests, regardless of whether it is private or public.

While access and affordability of higher education appear limited at this time, we believe that a partnership between private initiative and government support suggested above would go a long way in satisfying student aspirations and building India's human capital.

Before I close, I would like my faculty and staff to join me in congratulating all our students who will be graduating today from Goa campus. To all those graduating today, I hope you were able to get the most of what BITS Pilani had to offer, and that you will use your knowledge and experience fruitfully to serve the people of this country and those elsewhere. I wish you all the very best in your lives, both professional and personal. And, as you move forward in your life, do reflect upon the many contributions that your family, your teachers, and your communities have made to your lives. Do remain connected with your alma mater and visit us whenever you yearn to re-live some of those precious moments at BITS Pilani. Congratulations, once again.

Dr. Mashelkar, thank you once again for agreeing to be with us at this very joyous moment. My faculty, staff and students are eagerly waiting to hear your convocation address.

I would also like to thank our Chancellor, Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, and members of the Board of Governors for their unflinching support to BITS Pilani.

Last, but not the least, I want to thank my faculty and staff in Goa, and elsewhere, for their commitment to excel in every aspect of teaching and research, both inside and outside the classrooms. Their continued effort helps BITS Pilani retain its position as a top destination for students, faculty and recruiters in India.

Thank you for your attention.

Bijendra Nath Jain, Senior Professor & Vice Chancellor Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani | Dubai | Goa | Hyderabad

20 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Prof. K. E. Raman Chief Guest of today's Convocation at the BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa campus, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar; Vice Chancellor, Prof B.N.Jain; Members of the Board of Governors; Directors; Members of the Senate; distinguished guests present in the audience; proud parents of the graduating students; students, faculty and staff of K K Birla Goa campus; members of the press; and finally, those sitting in the audience about whom we are immensely proud of – BITSians graduating today from this campus ;

A warm welcome to one and all!

This year we have 670 of our students eligible to receive their degrees, 422 of them their first degree; 178 of them their first degree along with another degree under the dual degree scheme; 59 of them their higher degree; and 11 of them their PhD degree. In this batch, we have three medalists: Gold medal—Ms. Namita Paul, Silver medal - Mr. Bapat Shounak Vinayak and Bronze medal–Mr. Raul Ameya Ravindra.

Fifty years ago, the founder of this University, Padma Vibhushan Late Ganshyam Dasji Birla whose mural has been unveiled today by Dr. Mashelkar had said “What do we propose to do here? We want to teach real science whether it is engineering, chemistry, humanities, physics or any other branch. We want to develop a scientific approach in Pilani, which means there would be no dogma. There will be a search for truth. What we propose to do here is to cultivate a scientific mind.” while inaugurating the Institute at Pilani. His prophetic words have been the beacon light for all of us at BITS. During the five decades, BITS has achieved many goals and the building of the campus at Goa was one of them. Today we are completing ten years of the establishment of the Goa campus.

Goa campus is the dream-come-true of our respectful former Chancellor, Dr Krishna Kumar Birla, the son of the legendary Dr. Ghanshyam Das Birla. He was a successful industrialist, a

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 21 renowned philanthropist and an active Parliamentarian. When Dr. K. K. Birla decided to build campuses outside Pilani, Goa was his first choice. Known for his vision and meticulous planning, Dr. Birla saw to it that the campus came up with all the necessary infrastructure in two years time well before admitting the first batch of 600 students in August 2004.

Educational system Sir, this fully residential campus which has been named after Dr. K K Birla has been built on an area of 180 acres with a capital investment of about 155 crores. 11 first degree programmes, 6 higher degree programmes and PhD programme are being offered from this campus. With an annual intake of 660 students, the campus has now a total strength of about 2800 students. We are now embarking upon an ambitious growth plan over the next 7 years, wherein the student population will almost be doubled with its focus on post graduate and research programmes.

Sir, you might be aware that, BITS has implemented all the educational reforms recommended by various commissions in the country right from the seventies. Notable among them are credit based system, transparent admission process, semester system, continuous and total internal evaluation, letter grading, academic flexibilities which include the well known dual degree scheme, by which BITS has provided a fillip to science education in the country, periodic revision of curriculum in tune with the needs of industry and practice- oriented learning apart from classroom teaching.

The last one that I have just mentioned, which is popularly known as BITS Practice School programme running for the past 4 decades is unique in this country wherein students are required to spend seven and a half months on projects in the industry. This programme is an integral part of the curriculum enabling our students to practice what they learn in the class rooms. Every semester, about 300 students of this campus are occupied in about 50 locations supervised by an equal number of faculty members. I am proud to share with you the fact that industry supports the students for this period by giving stipends.

As an alternative to Practice School, our students are encouraged to pursue their thesis work either at our research labs or in the prestigious institutions of national and international repute. Students of this campus have been carrying out their thesis work in IISc., TIFR, in India and IECR (Institute of Energy and Climate Research) Germany, University of Michigan USA, INRA France, Imperial College London, etc.

The telepresence facility established in January 2013 is extensively used for cross campus

22 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus meetings, discussions and also for offering courses. As of date 44 courses have been conducted across the campuses using this facility.

Research at BITS Research at BITS is an integral activity that encompasses teaching and utilizes its linkages with the outside world of Academia and Industry. A large number of students from all the three-tiers are involved in research. In addition to Doctoral research, at the first degree level, a one-semester full-time, thesis-cum-seminar course and at the higher degree level, dissertation course offer excellent research opportunities to our students.

At present, the campus has 68 sponsored research projects (including 4 consultancy projects) worth Rs. 21.78 crores funded by various National and International funding agencies. Among these research projects, 25 projects worth Rs. 4.96 Crores have been approved during 2013-14, the funding agencies being CSIR, DST, DBT, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UKIERI, GAIL, ICAR, UGC, ,BRNS, DRDO, BRFST, DSTE GOA and ICSSR.

Last year 3 patents were filed by our faculty members, 1 International PCT & 1 Indian patent by Prof. Sunil Bhand in the area of biosensors and 1 Indian application with claims by Prof. Dibakar Chakrabarty. A PCT international application of Prof. Bhand was published by WIPO on sensor chips.

Some of our significant ongoing research projects include:

The DBT BIRAC Bill & Melinda Gates foundation award to Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri for developing decentralized wastewater treatment system (Empowered septic tank) in association with Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Sustainable Biosolutions Pvt Ltd.

Prof Srinivas Krishnaswamy of the Department of Chemical Engineering has received joint funding from Bharat Petroleum R &D (BPCL) under Centre for High Technology (CHT) with a total outlay of Rs. 3.22 cores (of which BITS funding is 1.32.crores) in the area of “Experimental and Simulation studies on Coke mitigation in Petroleum Refinery systems”

Prof. Sunil Bhand of the Department of Chemistry has received a new funding from ICAR of Rs. 1.39 crores (BITS share Rs. 60 lakhs) for an interdisciplinary consortia Project with partners IIT Delhi and NDRI Karnal on imprinted polymers as sensors for antibiotic residues in milk. Prof. Bhand is nominated as expert member of DBT international bilateral collaboration committee in the area of Biosensors.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 23 Significant achievers among the young faculty members were : Dr. T. Mondal, DST-Inspire fellow with a grant of 35 lakh in Chemistry, Dr. Karthikeyan with a grant of Rs. 21.21 lakhs and Dr. Rajaram Lakkaraju with a grant of Rs. 22 lakhs in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Arnab Banerjee with a sanction of Rs 22.24 lakh in Biological Sciences, Dr. Subhadeep Banerjee Rs. 22.60 lakh in Chemistry and Dr. ES Kannan with a grant of Rs 22 lakhs in Physics.

Weather observatory, equipped with modern instrumentation facility, has been commissioned on 2nd May 2014 on Campus. The facility is being used for Wind resource Assessment, Solar Resource Assessment, Numerical Weather Prediction, and Development of Wind Atlas for the region. The weather data recorded will be available for extending research in the areas of impact of air pollution and water footprint for the region.

Departments of EEE and E&I, Mechanical Engg., Physics, and Mathematics have procured a comprehensive annual TAH License for MATLAB, 2014a and Simulink from MathWorks, USA. The tool boxes and capability of MATLAB and Simulink environment will be much useful for students and researchers in all Departments of the Institute.

Golden Jubilee Celebrations A variety of events marked the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus. Over the past few months, there have been a number of academic, socio-cultural, technical and extracurricular activities organized to celebrate 50 glorious years of existence of BITS Pilani University .

Some of the prominent events included: a concert organized on Founder's Day by renowned Carnatic music vocalist and music composer, Bombay Jayashri; a scintillating talk by Prof. Walter Lewin, Emeritus Professor of Physics at MIT, on “Birth and Death of Stars” together with demonstrations to explain some of the fundamentals of Physics on the 14th or March 2014; a popular talk on the Dynein motors by Dr. Roop Mallik from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR) and a Senior WELLCOME-DBT Fellow on 19th April, 2014.

The Department of Economics organized a series of Lectures to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the University: Mr. Nitin Kantak, Vice President, Operations, Zuari Industries spoke on 'Fertilizer Industry: Problems and Prospects”, on 16th February 2014; Dr. Padmanabh Rataboli, Professor of Pharmacology spoke on “Lifestyle Diseases” on 22nd March 2014; Professor Karamjit Singh Gill, Professor Emeritus and Professor of Human

24 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus Centered Systems, University of Brighton and Professor in Cambridge University, delivered a Talk on “Artificial intelligence: Big Data, Internet of things and Beyond' on 25th March 2014. Competitions in Photography, Creative Writing, Short Story, T-Shirt Designing involving both students and faculty were also organized. A Memorial Run was organized in the memory of Late Director, Sanjeev K. Aggarwal on the 26th Janaury, 2014. Department Days were organized by Biology, Mathematics and Chemical Engineering Departments wherein exhibitions, poster presentations, demonstrations, invited talks, quiz competitions, etc., were organized and faculty and students from other schools and colleges also participated.

Achievements Our faculty members have brought laurels to this campus through their academic and research endeavors:

As part of exchange visits within the UKIERI Indo –UK project, 2 faculty members (Prof NN Ghosh and Prof Sunil Bhand), 2 Ph.D. students (Shubhenjt Hazra and Souvik Pal) visited University of Leeds UK. Prof. Paul Millner and Dr. Tim Gibson from the University of Leeds along with a PhD student visited the campus.

Two faculty members were deputed on sabbatical to spend some time in reputed institutions in India and abroad to pursue their research interests. Dr. Radhika Vathsan spent 6 months from 17 June to 18 Dec. 2013 on sabbatical at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore wherein she worked with researchers from RRI Theory group and the Physics Department, Bangalore University.

Dr. Rashmi Chauhan was on sabbatical for a year from January 2013 to December, 2013. She worked with Prof. Kenneth J. Shea in the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA. Dr. Rashmi worked on plastic antibodies and used a library of twelve different synthetic polymer nanoparticles based on N-isopropylacylamide to develop a methodology to obtain the characteristic microarray signature patterns for different proteins.

Four faculty members from Goa campus were selected to attend the recently launched University Immersion and the Industry Immersion Programme: Prof. Dibakar Chakrabarty of the Biological Sciences Department visited the department of Anatomy at the National University of Singapore from 26 May to 7th June, 2014. He monitored several experiments on anti-cancer activities of snake venom components.

Prof. Meenal Kowshik from the Department of Biological Sciences, visited the University of

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 25 Missouri at Columbia from 20th May to 15th July, 2014.She gained experience in the area of green nanotechnology and chemosensitization of tumors.

Dr. Prasanna Kumar from the Department of Mathematics visited the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He carried out collaborative research with Prof. N. K. Govil, on the topic 'Location of Zeros of Complex Polynomials and associated Lp Inequalities'.

Dr. Anasuya Ganguly, from the Department of Biological Sciences visited Sanakara Nethralaya this summer as part of the industry immersion program.

Dr. Anil Kumar Pundir, Assistant professor, Mathematics, visited the Department of Mathematics, IISC Banglaore during 24 May- 24 June 2014 for collaborative research work. This trip was sponsored by Indo-French Centre for Applied Mathematics (IFCAM).

Dr. Srikanth Mutnuri delivered two Key note lectures abroad: “Terra Preta as an Alternative for the Management of Sludge from Waste Water Treatment Plant” at the 1st International Terra Preta Conference at Hamburg University of Technology during 29 – 30 August 2013 and “Bioelectrochemical systems for nutrient recovery from wastewaters” at the 2nd Asia Pacific International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Meeting held at National University of Singapore, Singapore during 21 -23 July 2014.

Dr. Ranjit S Patil, Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2014-2015 by the Government of India.

Work done by Dr. Rajaram Lakkaraju, Mechanical Engineering, on boiling phenomena featured as the front cover page article in April 2014 issue of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press.

Mr. Swagat Kishor Mishra won a Scholarship amount 2070$ from Ecomod Network at the ECOMOD Network conference organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Singapore.

Dr. Utpal Roy was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Elsevier and the Editors of the Journal Fungal Biology in June 2014.

10 faculty members from the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, CS & IS, Mechanical Engineering, and Economics participated in

26 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus international conferences in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and UK.

A number of conferences and workshops hosted at this campus during 2013 – 14 have enabled the students and faculty to network with experts from various fields and exchange ideas with them: · Workshop on Employability Skills: Teachers and placement officers from various engineering institutions across India actively participated in the 3-day workshop on Innovative Pedagogies for Enhancing the Employability Skills of Students, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. The participants were benefitted by the sessions on Verbal and Nonverbal communication, Small Talk, Job Interviews, Effective Presentations and Group Discussions. · TSICON 2013: The 3rd Annual Conference of the Toxinological Society of India (TSI) and 1st International Conference on “Biology of Natural Toxins” by the Department of Biology was inaugurated by Prof. Alan Harvey, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, on 19th December, 2013. · Advanced Workshop on Mathematical Foundation of Advanced Finite Element Methods (MFAFEM-2013) by the Department of Mathematics in collaboration with National Mathematics Initiative (NMI), National Board for higher mathematics (NBHM) and National Programme on Differential Equations: Theory, Computation and Applications (NPDE-TCA), IIT Bombay, during 26 December 2013- 03 January 2014. · AICTE sponsored National winter school on Industrial Applications of Mechatronics by the Department of mechanical Engineering in collaboration with Agnel Polytechnic, Verna, Goa to provide quality training to the faculty in the area of Mechatronics, during the 2- week Winter School . · tiNaiEcofilm Festival (TEFF) 2014 by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was inaugurated by Alan Olivier, Director, Quebec Bureau, Mumbai and Mathieu Roy , eminent film maker from Canada during 31 January-01 February 2014. · INDO- UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Their Applications in Nanotechnology (AMAN 2014) by the Department of Chemistry jointly with the University of Leeds, UK during 17- 19 May 2014 as a part of the Indo-UK project sponsored by DST-UKIERI. The workshop covered a wide range of interdisciplinary and cutting edge research topics related to advanced materials

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 27 and their applications in nano technology. · DST sponsored Indo-Chile Workshop on Big Data was organized by the Departments of Computer Science & Information Systems at Pilani and Goa campuses during 04-06 June 2014.

CEL The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership [CEL] hosted an entrepreneurship conference, ACT2014 on 19th April 2014. Some of the prominent speakers were Shaheen Mistry, Founder, Teach For India; Kunal Shah, Founder, Freecharge.in; Ritesh Agarwal , Theil Fellow and Founder of Oravel; Sachin Gupta Founder, HackerEarth.

CEL in association with the Department of Information Technology, Government of India established a Technology Business Incubator [TBI] under the TIDE scheme in the area of Electronics and ICT in March2013. One of its ventures Cubito.in is successfully running its transport business in Bangalore with a current valuation of $ 1 million. Another start up Brainbought received a valuation offer of Rs 30 lacs. Sattva working on fetal ECG monitor device has received Rs 10 lacs from the BITS 75 trust. The team of Sustainable solutions is engaged in a Bill & Melinda Gates foundation funded project while Knowledge ashram is working with WILP to improve educational technology.

CEL launched the work-from-home Winter Internships in Startups in December 2013 to add to the existing Summer startup program. The Centre is also active in the area of social entrepreneurship. The Goa Chapter of Enactus, an international NGO, has been set up on campus and is currently running project Sahara. As a part of this local artisans are assisted in design and market outreach. The CEL Rural Entrepreneurship division obtained a market order to supply Gel Wax candles to support local slum dweller SHGs and also helped with initial finance for meeting the order. The New venture creation course, a flagship course to encourage start ups from BITS Pilani, started as a BITS Spark initiative, is being coordinated from Goa campus.

Collaborations The Institute has collaborative arrangements with several foreign universities in order to promote joint research activities and the exchange of faculty, students and published material. Notable among them is the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, INRA, Narbonne, France, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany and Cypress Semiconductors, California, USA.

28 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala on 19 March 2014 which broadly emphasizes faculty development through exchange of know-how, expertise, knowledge and participation in events organized by BITS and INA, including research programs offered by Department of EEE and E&I and Department of Mechanical Engineering.

A Five-year Memorandum of understanding between BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) was signed on 5 June 2014 to foster collaboration between the two organizations to promote academic interaction. Under this MoU, BITS will design and operate educational programmes to meet the learning and development needs of GSPCB leading to specific degrees of BITS through its work- integrated learning programmes. The educational programmes will offer GSPCB employees an opportunity to enhance their academic qualification and synergize theory with practice on a sustained basis. BITS students and staff will work with GSPCB on pressing issues like hazardous waste, sewage treatment and effluent treatment etc.

Collaboration with Hitachi India Pvt Ltd was established for developing Chemical oxygen demand method for sea water samples, with Oil and Natural gas corporations for carbon dioxide sequestration.

An MOU has also been signed for consultancy worth Rs. 6,00,000/- with R.D. Aga Research Technology and Innovation Centre of Thermax Limited, Pune for " Studies on 2 phase nozzle system (Nozzle system) and assistance in the generic design of novel Sequential Batch reactor (SBR). Besides these, MoUs were also signed with M/s Kurade Agro Goa and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Our students have always enjoyed a pride of place in our success by winning honors in various spheres. Often we find number of students opting for internships abroad (France, Germany, and USA) out of their own initiatives during the summer of their third year. They participate in various competitions and win accolades for the campus. Our research scholars too have received a number of awards and scholarships. Some of the achievements for the year 2013-14 are:

Mr. Kabilan Mani, Research Scholar in the Biological Sciences Department working under the supervision of Dr. Judith Braganca has been awarded the Raman – Charpak Fellowship 2014 by the Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de la Recherché Avancee (CEFIPRA) for Doctoral students at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 29 Ms. Ketaki Deshmukh, Research Scholar at the Department of Biological Scienecs working under the supervision of Dr. Meenal Kowshik, has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship 2014 to work on Radiology and Cancer Nanotechnology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

Mr. Meghanath Prabhu, Research scholar of the Department of Biological Sciences pursuinghis PhD with Dr. Srikanth Mutnuri attended the Indo-German Center for sustainability (IGCS) Summer school-2013 at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen Germany from 30th June to 14th July 2013.

Atul Sharma (2012PHXP407G), Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry has been awarded Erasmus Mundus Ph.D. fellowship of the European Union under the program EUPHRATES to work jointly under Prof. Sunil Bhand and Prof. Marty of France.

Tarun Khanna (2009B2A4573G) a student of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering has been awarded "Marie Curie PhD position" at Imperial College London starting this October. Mr. Ujash Shah (2012A4PS134G) a student of Mechanical Engineering is selected for ASME Power Division Scholarship ($3000). Mr. Ashish Behera (2010A8PS350G) a student of Electronics and Instrumentation has secured All India Rank 1 in GATE 2014 (Instrumentation Engineering).

Sanskriti Dawle and Aman Srivastava initiated an innovative project “Project Mudra”–a Braille Dicta-teacher. A user has to say a letter / number and the tactile interface denotes the corresponding Braille character. It works in two modes: browse and auto. Mudra aims to be a low cost Braille learning device and Sanskriti and Aman are now in the process of testing the device to check whether it can be produced at a mass scale.

51 BITSians have been selected for the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year. These students represent different BITS Pilani campuses with the largest cohort being selected from the Goa campus (30), followed by Pilani (18) and Hyderabad (3). The achievement is a testimony to the quality of BITS Pilani students recognized by the industry. GSoC statistics published by Google feature BITS Pilani at No. 10 on the list of top institutes worldwide (2005-2012). The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual program where Google awards stipends of US$5500 to all students who successfully complete a requested free and open-source software coding project during the summer. The 'Google' tag attracts tremendous participation from students across the globe and being part of GSoC in college is prestigious.

30 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus Apart from their scholastic records, students of Goa campus are actively involved in various extracurricular activities: Three festivals, namely, Waves (cultural), Quark (Techno- management) and Spree (Sports) all were organized by students at the All-India level with a host of interesting and challenging events. They also demonstrate their sensitivity to the needs of the society by organising social service activities through two forums, Nirman and Abhigyan. The TEDxBITS Goa event organized by our students for the successive fourth time during the techno-management festival Quark presented an extraordinary range of awe inspiring stories from the most fascinating and extraordinary individuals who enthralled and encouraged the audience to participate, promote and propagate.

All such achievements of our faculty and students, we hope would go a long way in fulfilling our mission of achieving the first position among Indian universities in the near future. I must personally acknowledge the contribution made by Late Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Aggarwal during this year.

Sir, as envisioned by our Vice Chancellor and presented in his address, BITS is gearing up to meet new challenges with an ambitious growth plan for the coming years increasing the student population by about 2000, with more emphasis on higher degree and PhD programmes. We are quite sure of our success under the dynamic leadership of our Chancellor Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla and with the active support from our faculty members, staff and students.

My best wishes to all the graduating students. Thank you.

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 31 INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIEF GUEST

Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, FRS National Research Professor, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), was born on 1 January 1943 in Mashel, Goa. He earned his B Chem Engg degree (1966) from UDCT (now University Institute of Chemical Technology, UICT), after which he obtained his PhD (1969) from the University of Bombay. He studied and worked in the UK, (1969-76), first as Leverhulme Research Fellow and later as Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Salford. On returning to India in 1976, Dr Mashelkar joined the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune and later went on to become its Director (1989-95). In 1995, he took over as the Director General of CSIR and held this position till his retirement in 2006. Dr. Mashelkar is also the former President of the Indian National Science Academy and the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers (2007–08)

Dr. Mashelkar has made path breaking scientific contributions in transport phenomena and in thermodynamics of swelling, super swelling and shrinking polymers, modeling of polymerization reactors, and engineering analysis of non-Newtonian flows. Dr. Mashelkar also created a polymer science and engineering division in NCL, rated as world class today. He has 240 research publications and has edited / authored 22 books in the field of Chemical Engineering and allied areas. He has 28 patents to his credit.

Dr Mashelkar has been propagating a culture of innovation and balanced intellectual property rights regime for over a decade. It was through his sustained and visionary campaign that growing awareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has dawned on Indian academics, researches and corporates. He spearheaded the successful challenge to

32 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus the US patent on the use of turmeric for wound healing and also the patent on Basmati rice. These landmark cases have set up new paradigms in the protection of India's traditional knowledge base, besides leading to the setting up of India's first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).

Dr Mashelkar is the recipient of number of awards and honours which include: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1982); Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Technology Award (1991); Padma Shri (1991); GD Birla Scientific Research Award (1993); Padma Bhushan (2000); Viswakarma Medal (1988), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal (2001) and Padma Vibhushan (2014).

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 33 CONVOCATION ADDRESS

It is a special privilege and an honour to deliver the Convocation address of this centre of excellence in education and research. I have admired its journey from a Patshala with one teacher in 1901, to a high school, to an intermediate college to a degree college to Birla Institute of Technology & Science, a top class institution, with many firsts to its credit, from first practice school to first overseas campus. An academic institution is known for its ambition and ambience. You have both here. It is also known by its excellence and relevance. Again, you have both here. So I greatly appreciate this opportunity to speak to my young friends here, who are going to be the builders of future India.

I begin my address by quoting the statement of Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chancellor of our University. He had said something very meaningful.

“What is it that can empower our nation? The most obvious answer is education. Education that enhances livelihoods but also education that is value-based. Education that gives roots and gives wings as well.”

Let me cite a recent incidence to substantiate this statement. There was a discussion on what is possibly the most powerful equation that was ever developed by scientists. Someone said that it was the equation describing Newton's second law, giving the relationship between force (F), mass (m) and acceleration (a), namely, F = ma. Someone else said that it is Einstein's equation linking Energy (E) to mass (m) and the velocity of light (c), namely, E = mc2. The others came out with some other suggestions.

Then they asked me as to what I thought. I said neither Newton nor Einstein. The most powerful equation is E = F. Here E is Education and F is Future! This means education is equal to the future. This equation is universal and eternal. If there is no education, there is no future. No future for the individual, no future for the nation.

Well, you will say you are a scientist. And a scientist has to prove the equation that he proposes. So I will give you the proof.

3rd October 2011 was a very important day. American Academy of Arts & Science in USA honoured the elected fellows of the academy by admitting them in a formal function. This academy, which was established in 1780 has 200 plus Nobel Laureates as its fellows. Great personalities from Winston Churchil to Charles Darwin, from Einstein to Nelson Mandela,

34 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus have been elected as its fellows. You might ask as to how many Indians have been elected as fellows. The answer is, just seven so far. Interestingly, the 6th and 7th fellows signed the book of the academy, where all these legendary figures have put their signatures. Do you know who was the 6th? It was none other than Ratan Tata. Do you know who was the 7th? It was myself, Raghunath Mashelkar. Interestingly, both of us signed on the same page one after the other. To me this is the proof of the equation E=F. You might ask how?

Well, as most of you know, I was born in Mashel in a very poor family and life was a big struggle when my mother brought me up in Mumbai under the most adverse conditions, where two meals a day was a challenge. Although I stood 11th among 1,35,000 students in SSC Examination of the Maharashtra State Board, I decided not to study further, but work, because my poor mother could not support my higher education. But it was the scholarship of Rs.60/- per month that the Sir Dorabji Trust gave me for six years that helped me to do my higher studies.

I used to go to Bombay House, where the Tata Group has its offices to collect my Tata scholarship. In 1960, if somebody had said that fifty years down the line, the head of the family of Tatas and myself will sign in the same book on the same page at the same time, I would not have believed it. But this became possible because of the power of the equation E=F. I got my future through the education that the Tata scholarship made possible.

So my young friends, the very first message that I want to deliver is that education is the key to your future and education is not merely learning, it is all about learning, doing and being. The being part of it is very very important, since it deals with your being an active participant in the society, in building the society.

Goa recognizes the importance of education in building the future of Goa. I had the privilege of chairing the Goa Golden Jubilee Development Council (GGJDC), which brought out the report 'Goa-2035: Vision and Road Map”. You will all recollect the seven point agenda we had set up for Goa. One of them was 'Suvidya or Knowledge Centric, Enlightened Goa', where we had said:

“In addition to the numbers, it is important to promote quality in education. Keeping in view the national policy that each state should have a high quality institution of learning, GGJDC recommends that the state pursue setting up an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Goa. Such institutions will help to evolve Goa into an educational hub.”

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 35 I am happy to see that the Central Government has already announced that Goa will have an Indian Institute of Technology. This is in line with the implementation of GGJDC recommendation. I will like to congratulate our dynamic and visionary Chief Minister for making this happen. I hope the other recommendations on making Goa a great education hub will also be implemented.

You will be stepping out of the portal of this great institute today in a world that is full of opportunities. India today is not just being looked at as a third world country – it is being looked at as potentially a third most powerful country in the world. My young friends, it is going to be your responsibility to build the future of our beloved nation.

And what is going to be our future? President Obama had once said that the currency for the 21st century will be education and innovation. I will go further and say that what we need most now is education in innovation and innovation in education. And India needs it the most.

These are very interesting times for education system as a whole in India. First, the Indian system of education is undergoing a sudden massive expansion. The role of private sector in education is being redefined because of the additional need for massive resources that will be required to fulfill the aspirations.

Second, the liberalization of education sector in India. On 24 July 1991, the new industrial policy was announced. That gave us the second freedom, the freedom to compete. Although the trade and industry was liberalized on this day, the process of liberating India's education and agriculture sector has not still been completed.

Third, the globalization of education. As regards globalization of technology it has manifested itself in India. Practically all the leading multinational companies have set up their R&D Centres in India (almost 800 of them now employing about 200,000 Indian scientists, engineers and technologists). But what about globalization of Indian education? Indian companies are acquiring companies abroad. In fact, Ratan Tata, an Indian, is today the biggest employer of British in Britain with the acquisition of Corus, Jaguar Land Rover, and so on. What about Indian universities setting up campuses abroad? What about Indian universities hiring foreign academics as faculty? What about foreign students making a bee line for our universities?

Fourth, the issue of moving from 'right to education' to 'right education', to 'education for all'. It translates itself into an all round inclusion of `have nots', where this section of the excluded

36 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus society gets an access to high quality education, that is “affordable and accessible”. The justifiable quest for `inclusion' is also accompanied by the challenge of balancing `expansion, inclusion and excellence'.

For teaming young Indians, the issue of `growth' translates into `job led growth'. And therefore, education and skills that Indian education systems impact must lead to tens of millions of jobs. And the news is not good on this front. Reportedly, we are producing over three million first degree holders annually and less than 20% of these are employable!

Fifth, innovation in education. Among other things, it involves the creative use of the fascinating advances in technology to do away with the old style classroom teaching, which is going to be a history.

Look at the dramatic changes that are happening around us due to advances in Information & Communication Technology. Digitisation, virtualisation, mobilization and personalization are the four new megatrends. All these will lead to game changing cocreative, self- organising, self correcting, borderless, globally distributed, asynchronous, dynamic and open systems. Data, voice and video will be delivered with the already existing 3G and the imminent arrival of 4G in India. The processes of self learning, interactive learning and life long learning will undergo a sea change with all these paradigm shifts.

The years 2011-2020 have been declared as the Indian Decade of Innovation. And in this Indian decade of innovation in the area of education, what pledge should we take. I suggest the following five points: - We will make a transition from being a weak and hesitant private sector partner to a strong practitioner of privately managed non-profit institutions of higher education. - We will do away from being a tentative destination for occasional foreign students to be a preferred global destination for foreign students. - We will move from minor follower and a player in research and innovation to a global leader and a giant in research and innovation. - We will be a confident and competitive intellectual property promoter rather than being protective and restrictive intellectual property practitioner. - Instead of being copier of 'best' practices in education and research, we will become the creator of 'next' practices in education and research. And it is these paradigm shifts in our attitudes and in our actions that will make the dream of creating India into a leading developed innovation nation come true, and that too sooner rather than later. Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 37 LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ARE AWARDED MEDALS

Sl. Name and ID No. Photograph CGPA Position Type of No obtained obtained Medal to be awarded

1 NAMITA PAUL 9.89 FIRST GOLD 2010A3PS060G

2 BAPAT SHOUNAK 9.88 SECOND SILVER VINAYAK 2010A4TS472G

3 RAUL AMEYA 9.69 THIRD BRONZE RAVINDRA 2010A7PS334G

38 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus GRADUATION DATA (74th and 75thAWARD) BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus CONVOCATION 2014 B.E./B.Pharm. M.Sc. M.Sc. S. No. Programmes H.D Ph.D. Total (Hons.) (Hons.) (Tech.)

Chemical Engineering 88 - - - - 88

Electrical & Electronics 111 - - - - 111 Engineering

Electronics & Instrumentation 114 - 114

Mechanical Engineering 118 - - - - 118

Computer Science 123 - - - - 123

Information Systems - - 47 - - 47

Biological Sciences - 36 - - - 36

Chemistry - 27 - - - 27

Economics - 44 - - - 44

Mathematics - 42 - - - 42

Physics - 30 - - - 30

M.E.Biotechnology - - - 12 - 12

M.E. Chemical - - - 10 - 10

M.E. Embedded Systems - - - 8 - 8

M.E. Software Systems - - - 9 - 9

M.E. Design Engineering - - - 10 - 10

M.E. Microelectronics 8 - 8

PHD 11 11

554 179 47 57 11 848

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 39 74th and 75thAward CONVOCATION - 2014 3rd August, 2014

LIST OF STUDENTS RECOMMENDED FOR CONFERMENT OF VARIOUS DEGREES BITS PILANI, K K BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SRNO IDNO NAME 1. 2007PHXF410G DILLIP KUMAR MOHANTY 2. 2004PHXF450G VARINDER SINGH 3. 2005PHXF428G RAGHAVENDRA G S 4. 2007PHXF446G DESAI VILAS SHIVAJI 5. 2008PHXF027G MANISHA DIXIT 6. 2008PHXF028G MOHD. RAEESH SHEKH 7. 2010PHXF438G RAJPUT AMIT BALSING 8. 2004PHXF446G CHAUDHARI VIKAS VINAYAK 9. 2007PHXF414G NITIN SHARMA 10. 2007PHXF445G AGA ZUBEDA BI HAIDER 11. 2010PHXF439G LIZY KANUNGO

HIGHER DEGREE PROGRAMMES M.E.(Biotechnology)

12. 2011PH29011G SUBHADRA DALWANI 13. 2012H129001G RAMESH BISHNOI 14. 2012H129003G KRITTIKA NANDY 15. 2012H129006G SHIKHA AGGARWAL 16. 2012H129007G SUDHAKAR MALVIKA V. K. MALLIKA 17. 2012H129009G GARIMA SINGH 18. 2012H129010G SHREYA SUSHIL KATIYAR 19. 2012H129011G NIRGUDE SNEHAL DINKAR 20. 2012H129012G PABLA IRAZ 21. 2012K129002G BHATT VIRAL A 22. 2012K129005G MANISH KUMAR MISHRA 23. 2012K129008G SUKRITA SARASWAT

M.E.(Chemical)

24. 2012H101013G PATIL VIJAYA DEVGONDA 25. 2012H101014G B SIVA NARAYAN 26. 2012H101015G PEMMANA HANUMANTHA REDDY 27. 2012H101016G BOKADE SAMPADA SURESH VARSHA 28. 2012H101017G KULKARNI PRANAV PRAKASH 29. 2012H101018G D SATISH KUMAR 30. 2012H101019G MAYANK GAUTAM

40 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 31. 2012H101020G DURGADEVI A 32. 2012H101021G SHASHANK WANKHADE 33. 2012H101022G VISHAL SOPANRAO VALSE

M.E.(Embedded Systems)

34. 2012H140037G SHAH TRUSIT SANDIPBHAI 35. 2012H140039G DIVYA VIPIN 36. 2012K140034G THAKKAR NIRAV BHARATKUMAR 37. 2012K140035G PAWAR AJIT ASHOKRAO 38. 2012K140036G VISSAPRAGADA SURYA SAVARNI KUMAR 39. 2012K140038G KULKARNI AMEY SHRIKANT 40. 2012K140040G SAKSHAM SONI 41. 2012K140041G SHAHID IQBAL

M.E.(Software Systems)

42. 2009HS12191G NEETHU BAL MALLYA 43. 2012H112054G SHWETA RAVINDRABHAI AGRAWAL 44. 2012H112055G DESAI MAYANKKUMAR KAMLESHBHAI 45. 2012H112060G OMANWAR ROHIT DEVANAND 46. 2012K112053G VAISHALI SONI 47. 2012K112056G RAVAL HARSHIL HARSHADBHAI 48. 2012K112057G ARUN SARDANA 49. 2012K112058G JADALA PRUTHVI RAJ 50. 2012K112061G CHANDAN KUMAR SINGH 51. 2012K112062G BHADESHIA VIJAYKUMAR JAYSUKHBHAI

M.E.(Design Engineering)

52. 2009HS41111G ANURAAG RAMESH 53. 2012H141024G G U VISHNU 54. 2012H141028G DANEKAR YOGESH SHANKARRAO 55. 2012H141029G SHINDE VIKRAM NIVRUTTI USHATAI 56. 2012H141030G BHARATH K BHAT 57. 2012H141031G YOGESH ANIL JOSHI 58. 2012H141032G SHASHANK ALIAS AVINASH HONALI 59. 2012H141033G SAWANTMORYE KHEMRAJ SURYAKANT SARITA 60. 2012K141025G MADAMSHETTY VAIBHAV 61. 2012K141026G DESHPANDE TEJAS ASHUTOSH 62. 2012K141027G ATHILKAR OMPRAKASH MOHAN

M.E.(Microelectronics)

63. 2012H123042G CHAUDHARI ABHIJIT PRADIP 64. 2012H123048G RAMESH RAGHU

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 41 65. 2012K123043G PABANI KELVIN ASHOKBHAI 66. 2012K123045G SHETH VITRAG KETANBHAI 67. 2012K123046G NIRNEYA GUPTA 68. 2012K123049G NEHA PACHAURI 69. 2012K123050G ROHRA MALTI NARAINDAS 70. 2012K123051G PRADEEP JOY

FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMMES

B.E.(Hons.) Chemical

71. 2008A1PS388G PULKIT GOEL 72. 2009A1PS902G BHAVYA GOYAL 73. 2010A1PS022G GEETANSH GUPTA 74. 2010A1PS057G HARSHIT BUDHOLIYA 75. 2010A1PS244G PATIL PRATIK SANJAY 76. 2010A1PS253G NIKHIL OJHA 77. 2010A1PS299G MISNA SAMEER 78. 2010A1PS304G LAHANE SHRUTI BHAGWAN 79. 2010A1PS314G VATIKA 80. 2010A1PS356G VIJAYVARGIYA ROHIT NARESH 81. 2010A1PS361G RAWAT AMAN KAMALSINGH 82. 2010A1PS382G MD AMEER KHAN 83. 2010A1PS386G PROBAL GUHA 84. 2010A1PS391G DIVESH AGRAWAL 85. 2010A1PS394G ASHWIN NAIR 86. 2010A1PS398G RATHOD ANUSHREE NITIN 87. 2010A1PS399G BEENAPREET KAUR SINGH 88. 2010A1PS400G KANISHK GOHIL 89. 2010A1PS403G KALYANE SHREENATH MAHADEV 90. 2010A1PS404G AVHAD AMEY ANIL 91. 2010A1PS406G ANISHA SURESH PAWAR 92. 2010A1PS408G ANIT AGRAWAL 93. 2010A1PS412G MULE VENKATA PRASADA REDDY 94. 2010A1PS415G ABHISHEK SINGH RAJAWAT 95. 2010A1PS418G NEH VIVEK KOVALE 96. 2010A1PS420G MANUVARTHI GEETANVESH 97. 2010A1PS425G MANAS SRIVASTAVA 98. 2010A1PS427G A CHANDRASEKAR 99. 2010A1PS432G VIVEK MATHEWS 100. 2010A1PS437G ARNAV BHATTACHARYA 101. 2010A1PS439G ABHILASH SAKSENA 102. 2010A1PS447G ARJITA KULSHRESHTHA 103. 2010A1PS449G ANNAPARTHI SURENDRA KUMAR 104. 2010A1PS450G TUSHAR KHANDELWAL 105. 2010A1PS456G SAI SRICHARAN REDDY P B

42 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 106. 2010A1PS458G JYOTSNA MISHRA 107. 2010A1PS464G MOHIT DAK 108. 2010A1PS468G ATANU KUNDU 109. 2010A1PS475G JUNNARKAR SAAILI MANOJ 110. 2010A1PS481G MAYANK JAIN 111. 2010A1PS486G ROHAN HANDA 112. 2010A1PS501G MANVEER SINGH GUPTA 113. 2010A1PS502G YASH AVANISH BAGANI 114. 2010A1PS505G RIT PRATIK MISHRA 115. 2010A1PS510G RAJAT SODHI 116. 2010A1PS512G R MANI SRAVANI 117. 2010A1PS515G AVI AGARWAL 118. 2010A1PS516G SOUVIK KARMAKAR 119. 2010A1PS523G RAKSHIT VERMA 120. 2010A1PS524G MODI DHRUV VIKRAM 121. 2010A1PS594G FERNANDES SEAN BAPTIST 122. 2010A1PS604G EVANI ROUTRAY 123. 2010A1TS455G DEEPANSHU MEHNDIRATTA 124. 2010A1TS433G MALAVIKA G 125. 2010A1TS457G SIDDHARTH DESHPANDE 126. 2010A1TS628G ROHIT SHANKAR 127. 2008B1A1449G SINGAREDDY SOMA SEKHARA REDDY 128. 2008B1A1678G B V S MOURYA 129. 2008B1A1680G KUNCHAPARTHI VAMSI 130. 2009B1A1186G NAPHADE ARCHANA ASHOK 131. 2009B1A1270G ANKIT JAIN 132. 2009B1A1394G NIKHIL MANDALIKA 133. 2009B1A1395G SHASHI BHUSHAN 134. 2009B1A1402G P RAGHAVENDRA 135. 2009B1A1601G M NAVEENA 136. 2009B1A1637G ABHISHEK ARUN 137. 2008B2A1415G EMANI AKHIL RAGHUNATH 138. 2008B2A1668G LAKSHMI V CHAITANYA NEKKANTI 139. 2008B2A1050G PRITAM KUMAR SINGH 140. 2009B2A1295G PRANAV NALAWADE 141. 2009B2A1309G AYEESHA KHANNA 142. 2009B2A1415G VANGA MOHAN KRISHNA 143. 2009B2A1561G NEHAL BHATIA 144. 2009B2A1565G GOUNI PRUTHVI 145. 2008B3A1418G D VENKATA SAI KRISHNAHAREESH 146. 2008B3A1662G THENTU SAI KISHEN 147. 2009B3A1288G JAYANTI HARISH 148. 2008B4A1401G KANCHERLA SAITEJA 149. 2008B4A1665G ABHINAV GUPTA 150. 2007B4A1405G PALAGIRI YESWANTH REDDY 151. 2009B4A1323G AMULYA N

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 43 152. 2009B4A1530G RAYAVARAPU SAI SRIHARSHA 153. 2009B4A1550G JAYANTHI HARIKA 154. 2009B4A1587G CHITRE SAGAR SANDIP 155. 2008B5A1463G SAPRE KAUSHAL AJAY 156. 2009B5A1406G MALTUMKAR DEEPAK RAJ 157. 2009B5A1447G UTKARSH CHOUDHARY 158. 2009B5A1471G APOORV BHARDWAJ

B.E.(Hons.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering

159. 2010A3PS206G MACHINENI PRAVEEN 160. 2010A3PS005G JOSHI AMEYA ANANT 161. 2010A3PS014G SHASHANK SUBRAMANYA 162. 2010A3PS018G KARLEKAR MANDAR PRAMOD 163. 2010A3PS019G AKHADE AKHILESH RAMCHANDRA 164. 2010A3PS020G ANGAD SINGH SEHDEV 165. 2010A3PS025G BHAGAM GURUVULU 166. 2010A3PS030G KULKARNI JUHI SANJAY 167. 2010A3PS034G KARTIKEYA BHARDWAJ 168. 2010A3PS035G KHIALANI GAUTAM PARMANAND 169. 2010A3PS041G GAVASKAR RUTURAJ GIRISH 170. 2010A3PS052G DARSHANA MUKHERJEE 171. 2010A3PS053G TUSHAR GOYAL 172. 2010A3PS055G DEVANSHI DEEPAK KESARIA 173. 2010A3PS060G NAMITA PAUL 174. 2010A3PS062G KULKARNI SAURABH UDAY 175. 2010A3PS065G P SAI MAHATHI 176. 2010A3PS066G NIKHILESH BEHERA 177. 2010A3PS079G KANDULA SOWMYA KRISHNA 178. 2010A3PS082G KULKARNI NEERAJ PRAMOD 179. 2010A3PS084G TAMMARA NIHARIKA 180. 2010A3PS086G ADITYA KHANDELWAL 181. 2010A3PS090G BHAVESH PANDEY 182. 2010A3PS092G AKASH AGRAWAL 183. 2010A3PS095G AVANI SAMA 184. 2010A3PS096G PRATEEK GROVER 185. 2010A3PS099G SAURABH BHATIA 186. 2010A3PS101G PIYUSH KUMAR SHARMA 187. 2010A3PS107G SHALU NINAD ANIL 188. 2010A3PS109G VEERAVALLI BALA MURALI KRISHNA 189. 2010A3PS114G ANIMESH SRIVASTAVA 190. 2010A3PS120G ARIHANT LUNAWAT 191. 2010A3PS123G RONIT KUMAR DE 192. 2010A3PS124G RHEA BENJAMIN 193. 2010A3PS125G ANKLESHWARIA APURVA MEHUL 194. 2010A3PS137G PRAGYA SAXENA

44 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 195. 2010A3PS146G DUBE SUMEET TUKARAM 196. 2010A3PS148G KOVVURI AVINAASH SRIVATSAV 197. 2010A3PS156G PRATEEK CHHIPA 198. 2010A3PS172G KARAN SINGH MANN 199. 2010A3PS176G SRIJAN KUMUD 200. 2010A3PS183G VINEETH ABRAHAM GEORGE 201. 2010A3PS187G NATHANY NEERAJ VINOD 202. 2010A3PS195G GANGAVARAPU VENKATESH 203. 2010A3PS196G KULDAWINDER SINGH 204. 2010A3PS198G B NATESH 205. 2010A3PS203G ASMITA DIXIT 206. 2010A3PS204G SPARSH KINJAVDEKAR 207. 2010A3PS207G PRANSHU GUPTA 208. 2010A3PS208G PRIYANKA UNNITHAN 209. 2010A3PS211G AVIKALP MATHUR 210. 2010A3PS215G SHIVAM RAJ 211. 2010A3PS216G DEEPAK UPPAL 212. 2010A3PS218G SIDDHARTH T 213. 2010A3PS219G K HARSHITHA 214. 2010A3PS222G DONTARAJU KRISHNA KISHORE 215. 2010A3PS224G VISHAL SRIVASTAVA 216. 2010A3PS228G ANKITA JHA 217. 2010A3PS232G NAGARSEKAR GANESH SANDEEP 218. 2010A3PS236G ASHWIN M DHEKANE 219. 2010A3PS240G ATHARV SHARMA 220. 2010A3PS242G CHEBIYYAM SRIVANI 221. 2010A3PS245G ANUSHREE SAHAKUNDU 222. 2010A3PS247G RISHABH SHARMA 223. 2010A3PS249G SAM C JOY 224. 2010A3PS380G ABHISHEK K A 225. 2010A3PS488G NELAKUDITI SRIKANTH 226. 2010A3TS002G SANT ROHIT HEMANT 227. 2010A3TS003G PANDIT HARSHAVARDHAN VIVEK 228. 2010A3TS027G AKSHAY R K 229. 2010A3TS077G ARNAV GOEL 230. 2010A3TS078G SHETH CHINTAK JINESH 231. 2010A3TS119G DIVYA KUMAR BADHEKA 232. 2010A3TS168G LENGDE PALLAVI RAJAN 233. 2010A3TS230G SHAIKH SAMEER ASLAM 234. 2010A3TS239G ISHAAN BANSAL 235. 2009B1A3331G SHUBHAM RAO 236. 2009B1A3399G ADITYA DADU 237. 2009B1A3621G B SAI JAHNAVI 238. 2009B1A3629G SWAPNIL SAURAV 239. 2009B1A3662G KURCHETI NEHA KIRAN 240. 2009B1A3663G SUDEEP GUPTA

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 45 241. 2009B1A3666G SHRUTI GARG 242. 2009B1A3668G BHARNI KRISHNA VENKATA CHEKURI 243. 2009B2A3304G AKANKSHA SHARMA 244. 2009B2A3314G ABHEEK DAS 245. 2009B2A3612G KARTIK MEHUL MANKAD 246. 2009B2A3670G HARSHVARDHAN 247. 2009B3A3287G ISHAN KAWLEY 248. 2009B3A3360G YASHU RAKESH AGARWAL 249. 2009B3A3418G NADKARNI NAMRATA HARISH 250. 2009B3A3459G SHIVANG GARG 251. 2009B3A3466G ASHESH KAUSHIK 252. 2009B3A3518G SHIVI ANAND 253. 2009B3A3526G NIKUNJ PUROHIT 254. 2009B3A3558G SAURABH SUMAN 255. 2009B3A3575G SUJAY MUZUMDAR 256. 2008B4A3230G ABDUL MUBEEN 257. 2008B4A3468G AMANDU SHIVA KRISHNA 258. 2009B4A3469G ARUSHI SHARMA 259. 2009B4A3551G GINJUPALLI RAMYA TEJA 260. 2009B4A3560G RICHA DWIVEDI 261. 2009B5A3398G BHAT ISHAAN RAJESH 262. 2009B5A3411G MANI RAM P 263. 2009B5A3419G SOUVIK DUTTA 264. 2009B5A3421G ALBERT DAVIES 265. 2009B5A3468G NAIK ADITYA SACHIN 266. 2009B5A3480G KULKARNI AKSHAY SATISH 267. 2009B5A3532G AYYAGARI DRSS SANTHOSH 268. 2009B5A3534G BHALA NILESH NARENDRA 269. 2009B5A3626G RANJITA PAI KASTURI

B.E.(Hons.) Mechanical Engineering

270. 2009A4PS228G THAKARE NAKUL BHARAT 271. 2009A4PS242G YOHANN SEQUEIRA 272. 2009A4PS253G AVADHANULA SASANKA 273. 2009A4PS325G PUNEET 274. 2009A4PS337G MAYANK MASRIN 275. 2010A4PS012G MOKASHI ARCHIT CHANDRAKANT 276. 2010A4PS028G SHETE KEDAR PRASHANT 277. 2010A4PS032G MANISH NAYINI 278. 2010A4PS033G ASHWIN BOSE 279. 2010A4PS037G AKSHAY BHAGAT 280. 2010A4PS058G KHARCHE KETAN MOHAN 281. 2010A4PS063G PENDSE SAMEER SHASHANK 282. 2010A4PS064G K. AVINASH 283. 2010A4PS113G JAINENDRA KUMAR VERMA

46 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 284. 2010A4PS129G AKHILA MALLAVARAPU 285. 2010A4PS141G BUDDHARAJU BALARAMA RAJU 286. 2010A4PS142G VISHAAL SAMIR SARAIYA 287. 2010A4PS155G SOHAM BHADURI 288. 2010A4PS160G KULKARNI PIYUSH AVINASH 289. 2010A4PS161G ABHISHEK TIWARI 290. 2010A4PS164G KULKARNI MIHIR MILIND 291. 2010A4PS171G ANKUR SHARMA 292. 2010A4PS185G ANIRUDDHA ANAND DEO 293. 2010A4PS197G SAWANT NIHAR SUHAS 294. 2010A4PS205G JACOB CHERIAN 295. 2010A4PS210G VENUTURUMILLI V R ARUN KUMAR 296. 2010A4PS214G PAPPANABOENA HARISH 297. 2010A4PS217G PRANAV RAI 298. 2010A4PS225G VALLABHANENI KARTHIK 299. 2010A4PS231G P PRAVINYA 300. 2010A4PS233G NAGA YASHWANTH KANTHAMNENI 301. 2010A4PS234G MEHTA AKASH MANOJ 302. 2010A4PS237G BHAVIK SURESH KUMAR KAKKA 303. 2010A4PS241G SAHAKARI NIKHIL KRISHNA 304. 2010A4PS248G LAD SAURABH DINESH 305. 2010A4PS256G KEPIN KAVATHIA 306. 2010A4PS257G ROHAN MADHUKAR KULKARNI 307. 2010A4PS259G KAMESH AWASTHI 308. 2010A4PS262G PULI SURAJ REDDY 309. 2010A4PS265G RAHUL R 310. 2010A4PS271G AVINASH TIWARI 311. 2010A4PS272G UMARYE MIHIR MOHAN 312. 2010A4PS273G NISHANT UDUPA 313. 2010A4PS274G AKANSHA AGRAWAL 314. 2010A4PS276G ISHAN KAUL 315. 2010A4PS279G PATIL PRAMOD SADASHIV 316. 2010A4PS284G MAYANK SANJEEV MEHRA 317. 2010A4PS285G PALKAR GAURAV AJAY 318. 2010A4PS290G MONICA RAWAT 319. 2010A4PS296G PALLE PRASHANTH REDDY 320. 2010A4PS298G SHASHANK BASSI 321. 2010A4PS300G GULLAPALLI VENKATA SATHYA RAVITEJA 322. 2010A4PS318G NEERAJ ESWARADAS 323. 2010A4PS321G SUKRANT TULSI 324. 2010A4PS323G VARUN BHANDARI 325. 2010A4PS341G UTKARSH GUPTA 326. 2010A4PS347G CHAUDHARI CHAITANYA PANDHARINATH 327. 2010A4PS349G SHELKE MOHIT RAJENDRA 328. 2010A4PS352G ABHINAV CHAUHAN 329. 2010A4PS353G ANIKET PANT

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 47 330. 2010A4PS553G SRIKANTH CHEPYALA 331. 2009A4TS220G SHARANG SHARMA 332. 2009A4TS354G YAFIS AIJAZ SAHAF 333. 2010A4TS151G V K NARASIMHAN 334. 2010A4TS024G ATUL KUMAR AGRAWAL 335. 2010A4TS036G PRADHAN KEDAR NOBINKUMAR 336. 2010A4TS039G KATUMALLA NISHANTH PAUL 337. 2010A4TS050G RAO PHANINDRA 338. 2010A4TS059G RAMBHIA JAY LAXMICHAND 339. 2010A4TS173G PAPAKOLLU KOUSIK 340. 2010A4TS182G M NIKHIL KHICHA 341. 2010A4TS186G RONAK GUPTA 342. 2010A4TS201G SHRIMANKAR DISHIN CHETAN 343. 2010A4TS258G MUKESH KUMAR 344. 2010A4TS277G FRANCIS JAMES 345. 2010A4TS282G PAWAR AISHWARYA RAJIV 346. 2010A4TS286G AKSHAY AGARWAL 347. 2010A4TS313G P SANTOSH KUMAR 348. 2010A4TS320G SUSHANT KUMAR 349. 2010A4TS472G BAPAT SHOUNAK VINAYAK 350. 2009B1A4628G VIBHOR ATREYA 351. 2009B1A4645G PRADYUMN AGARWAL 352. 2009B1A4665G HARIPRIYA VALAYAPUTTUR 353. 2009B2A4305G HABBU SHREYAS GURURAJ 354. 2009B2A4322G GALI SUDHEER KUMAR REDDY 355. 2009B2A4467G VISHAL AHUJA 356. 2009B2A4489G RAHUL JAIN 357. 2009B2A4493G UDIT DEWAN 358. 2009B2A4564G SOURAV BANERJEE 359. 2009B2A4573G TARUN KHANNA 360. 2009B2A4605G SRIBHASHYAM KOMALA SAI SRI RAM 361. 2009B2A4627G OMKAR GANESH KASKAR 362. 2009B2A4632G SOHAG SEN 363. 2009B3A4291G G SRI HARSHA 364. 2009B3A4427G CHENNALLA KRISHNAKANTH REDDY 365. 2009B3A4439G S VARUN SHRIVATS 366. 2009B3A4446G RISHABH GOEL 367. 2009B3A4461G HARSHVARDHAN BAGARIA 368. 2009B3A4484G ADIGOPULA JANAKI VARA PRASAD 369. 2009B3A4511G NAYAK SAURABH SHUBHAKAR 370. 2009B3A4525G GAURAV MANOJ JHA 371. 2009B3A4533G SHINDE VINAYAK ASHOK 372. 2009B3A4537G VARUN AHUJA 373. 2009B3A4542G ANUBHAV AGRAWAL 374. 2009B3A4548G MANDADI PRANATHI 375. 2008B4A4545G KANCHI NAVEEN

48 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 376. 2009B4A4293G SONTAKKE VISHAL VIWEK 377. 2009B4A4470G PRATIK S HEGDE 378. 2009B4A4477G KATTA RAJESH 379. 2009B4A4515G KUCHALAKANTHI SHARATH CHANDRA 380. 2009B4A4602G SAGAR RAMDAS DESHPANDE 381. 2009B4A4611G GOKUL V SHETTY 382. 2009B4A4674G TEJENDAR SINGH 383. 2009B5A4396G RATAN PARKHE KRISHNA KANT 384. 2009B5A4443G RAHUL KETAN RUPANI 385. 2009B5A4462G ADITYA ASATI 386. 2009B5A4522G JYOTHSNA K UNNIKRISHNAN

B.E.(Hons.) Computer Science

387. 2009A7B4348G NANKAR SWAPNIL SUBHASH 388. 2008A7PS052G BALU SUJITH REDDY 389. 2009A7PS112G DESAI KAUSHAL UMESH 390. 2009A7PS144G AYUSH SANYAL 391. 2010A7PS167G SEELAM ABHINAY REDDY 392. 2007A7PS103G K ARUN REDDY 393. 2009A7PS017G ARJUN BANERJI 394. 2009A7PS054G KALOLWALA HASIM SABBIR 395. 2009A7PS061G PRAVEEN PRAKASH OAK 396. 2010A7PS004G AMIT KUMAR 397. 2010A7PS009G ABHISHEK SINGH CHOUHAN 398. 2010A7PS010G INDU R 399. 2010A7PS013G CHAUDHARY ANIKET ANIL KUMAR 400. 2010A7PS015G NAYANTARA 401. 2010A7PS016G CHERUVU ALEKHYA 402. 2010A7PS017G NIKHIL MEHTA 403. 2010A7PS021G ANISH V MAHESH 404. 2010A7PS023G OSHIN AGARWAL 405. 2010A7PS026G JANNAT TALWAR 406. 2010A7PS029G AYUSH KUMAR 407. 2010A7PS031G PRATAP SAKSHI SANJAY 408. 2010A7PS038G SAHIL AGAL 409. 2010A7PS044G VADDADI RAKESH 410. 2010A7PS045G DIGHE ABHILASH CHETAN 411. 2010A7PS046G PRIYANKA KUSHWAHA 412. 2010A7PS047G TARIK GUPTA 413. 2010A7PS048G NAGDA RUSHABH JAYANTILAL 414. 2010A7PS049G SAJAL MARWAHA 415. 2010A7PS054G HARSH SINGH KOHLI 416. 2010A7PS068G SIDDHARTH JAIN 417. 2010A7PS069G RISHABH GARG 418. 2010A7PS070G PEDNEKAR ANIKET VIDYADHAR

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 49 419. 2010A7PS071G S S SHREE RANJANI 420. 2010A7PS074G AKHIL KULKARNI 421. 2010A7PS075G ADITI VISWANATHAN 422. 2010A7PS080G NIKITA GUPTA 423. 2010A7PS083G PANAMGIPALLI RAVI TEJA 424. 2010A7PS088G PARTH RAKESH AGRAWAL 425. 2010A7PS091G GOUTHAMY GOPINATH 426. 2010A7PS094G GAURAV MISHRA 427. 2010A7PS097G GOWTHAM SUNKARA 428. 2010A7PS100G KUMAR NAVARURH 429. 2010A7PS105G SANCHIT MEHTA 430. 2010A7PS111G BOINPELLI SHIVA PRASAD 431. 2010A7PS115G AKHIL RAZDAN 432. 2010A7PS127G PULKIT SARAF 433. 2010A7PS128G RISHABH ARORA 434. 2010A7PS131G ABHINAV ANAND 435. 2010A7PS133G SAHIL GILL 436. 2010A7PS135G SAMARTH SINHA 437. 2010A7PS136G AKASH CHAUDHARY 438. 2010A7PS138G PANUGANTI N V S B K R S SAI KIRAN 439. 2010A7PS144G NEHA 440. 2010A7PS147G ASTHA GUPTA 441. 2010A7PS149G RANJAN DUTTA 442. 2010A7PS150G P VENKATA NAGA LALITH PRANITH 443. 2010A7PS152G SARVESH SHARMA 444. 2010A7PS153G MANDLECHA KHUSHBOO RAJENDRA 445. 2010A7PS154G MONAL R N 446. 2010A7PS157G DESHMUKH RAJSHREE GAJANAN 447. 2010A7PS158G AGARWAL SAURABH KASHMIRLAL 448. 2010A7PS159G ROHIT KHUBNANI 449. 2010A7PS162G SAURABH SONI 450. 2010A7PS163G ROSHAN KUMAR 451. 2010A7PS165G NARRA GAURAV REDDY 452. 2010A7PS169G RAHUL DHYAWALA 453. 2010A7PS179G VIKRAMJIT SIDHU 454. 2010A7PS180G PRABHU AMIT DILEEP 455. 2010A7PS181G GODHIA HARSHAL SURESH 456. 2010A7PS184G SAI SUBODH PHALTANKAR 457. 2010A7PS189G BARVE SHARVARI UPENDRA 458. 2010A7PS192G MAHALE SHRUTI NAGENDRA 459. 2010A7PS243G APOORV KULSHRESHTHA 460. 2010A7PS334G RAUL AMEYA RAVINDRA 461. 2010A7PS357G DHANANJAY BAHAL 462. 2010A7PS397G AYUSH RATHI 463. 2010A7PS544G PARIKH APOORV JATIN 464. 2008A7TS078G BHUVAN MOHAN SINGH RAWAL

50 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 465. 2010A7TS001G ANIRUDH WODEYAR 466. 2010A7TS006G ARAS ANWAYA AMAL 467. 2010A7TS040G SHASHWAT KUMAR 468. 2010A7TS042G AGRAWAL SIDDHARTH SANJAY 469. 2010A7TS061G ROHAN VERMA 470. 2010A7TS076G SHWETABH KHANDUJA 471. 2010A7TS112G ANKITA DE 472. 2010A7TS175G ASHISH NANDA 473. 2010A7TS193G GAONKAR RADHIKA SHAMSUNDER 474. 2009B1A7055G NIKHITA ARON 475. 2009B1A7589G CHIRAYU GARG 476. 2009B1A7635G KHUSHBOO MATREJA 477. 2009B2A7310G VARUN VASWANI 478. 2009B2A7578G SASWAT BARUAH 479. 2009B2A7586G PRIYANKA SABOO 480. 2009B2A7631G SHUBHANKAR 481. 2009B2A7634G PRATYAY PANDEY 482. 2009B3A7248G NEIL RAJESH DHRUVA 483. 2009B3A7384G REPAL NEHA SHYAM 484. 2009B3A7448G ABHIJEET MEHROTRA 485. 2009B3A7449G SANKALP KULSHRESTHA 486. 2009B3A7568G MAHESHWARI RACHIT RAMESHCHANDRA 487. 2009B3A7581G ADITYA JAINI 488. 2009B3A7584G DIVYA GUPTA 489. 2009B3A7585G SAUMYA GUPTA 490. 2009B3A7588G SAJAG GOEL 491. 2009B3A7595G ARUSHI GUPTA 492. 2009B3A7616G M SHRUTHI SRINIVAS 493. 2009B3A7617G MEGHA AGGARWAL 494. 2009B3A7671G TANMAYA SANGHVI 495. 2008B4A7597G SAURABH KHARE 496. 2009B4A7292G RUCHIKA DALAL 497. 2009B4A7303G PRIYANKA SYAL 498. 2009B4A7497G SATHE GAURAV SUDHIR 499. 2009B4A7516G SIDDHARTH GUPTA 500. 2009B4A7562G JAPNEESH SINGH 501. 2009B4A7606G AGARWAL CHIRAG RAMAWTAR 502. 2009B4A7619G PANSE ANIKET PANDURANG 503. 2009B4A7624G ISHITA 504. 2009B5A7401G NISHEETA DESAI 505. 2009B5A7524G GARGI BISWAS 506. 2009B5A7540G SHOBHIT SHARMA 507. 2009B5A7545G MALINENI MANOJ PRABHAKAR 508. 2009B5A7559G MANPREET SINGH KAINTH 509. 2009B5A7675G SHYANI MILIND ARJANBHAI

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 51 B.E.(Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation

510. 2009A8PS117G SHIVAM RAJPAL 511. 2009A8PS355G PRATEEK ANAND 512. 2009A8PS901G RONAK JAIN 513. 2009A8PS039G PRABHAT GUSAIN 514. 2010A8PS072G JHALAK PATNAIK 515. 2010A8PS073G SHRUTI 516. 2010A8PS081G KHARE TANAYA SANJAY 517. 2010A8PS213G KULKARNI NINAD AVINASH 518. 2010A8PS226G PRAHARSH SRIVASTAVA 519. 2010A8PS227G DEEPAK OJHA 520. 2010A8PS235G KARKHANIS RUCHA UMESH 521. 2010A8PS250G MADANKUMAR SAMPATH 522. 2010A8PS251G VENKATRAM REDDY GATTLA 523. 2010A8PS252G ABHIMANYU MEHTA 524. 2010A8PS255G NISHIT H PATIRA 525. 2010A8PS261G SHARAN BASAVARAJ BIRADAR 526. 2010A8PS264G HARSHAL KACHHY 527. 2010A8PS266G NAZISH FATIMA 528. 2010A8PS267G SAGAR SHIRWALKAR 529. 2010A8PS270G NIKHIL SINGHAL 530. 2010A8PS275G SAUMYA RANJAN SARANGI 531. 2010A8PS278G BHASKAR KUMAR TETARBE 532. 2010A8PS281G SHASHANK SATYANAND 533. 2010A8PS288G KRISHNAN E 534. 2010A8PS291G AKANKSHA TOMAR 535. 2010A8PS292G TANIKELLA V S S PAVAN KUMAR 536. 2010A8PS308G AMITANSHU VISHAL 537. 2010A8PS309G GADGIL ANSHUL RAJAN 538. 2010A8PS312G APRAJITA ARORA 539. 2010A8PS315G ERINMEL CHITHRA CHANDRAN 540. 2010A8PS316G AESHWARYA RAJ 541. 2010A8PS322G DIKE NINAD SHREEKANT 542. 2010A8PS326G NIDHI KOTHARI 543. 2010A8PS329G KSHITIJ JAIN 544. 2010A8PS332G ABHIMANYU GUPTA 545. 2010A8PS333G MATTA RAJ KIRAN 546. 2010A8PS335G ARUSHI AGARWAL 547. 2010A8PS336G RITHIN REDDY KASARLA 548. 2010A8PS338G PIYUSH MITTAL 549. 2010A8PS339G DE NORONHA E TAVORA NIKHIL SHANE 550. 2010A8PS343G GEETANJLI CHUGH 551. 2010A8PS344G SHUSHAN ASHUTOSH 552. 2010A8PS346G B SANDILYA PRASAD 553. 2010A8PS348G RAHUL KUMAR

52 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 554. 2010A8PS350G ASHISH BEHERA 555. 2010A8PS351G ADITYA TRIPATHI 556. 2010A8PS355G CHAPPA APARAJITHA 557. 2010A8PS359G TUSHAR MOTWANI 558. 2010A8PS362G GULATI PARIDHI JANESH 559. 2010A8PS365G AVHAD GURUMURTI KAILASCHANDRA 560. 2010A8PS367G SIDDHANT SRIVASTAVA 561. 2010A8PS371G GAITONDE ANIMESH GIRIDHAR 562. 2010A8PS372G IYER VIVEK VISHWANATHAN 563. 2010A8PS373G MOHITH ASHOK 564. 2010A8PS374G NITANSH GUPTA 565. 2010A8PS375G PARAMJIT SINGH 566. 2010A8PS376G MEHTA KETAN MUKESH 567. 2010A8PS379G DEBVRAT VARSHNEY 568. 2010A8PS381G ANUMEHA 569. 2010A8PS384G BAGUL DARSHAN MAHENDRA 570. 2010A8PS388G P SAI CHARAN 571. 2010A8PS389G SHAH PARTH UPENDRA 572. 2010A8PS390G MAYANK SHRIVASTAVA 573. 2010A8PS393G MYLAVARAM ANANTH KIRTHI 574. 2010A8PS417G PEBBATI ABHIMANYU REDDY 575. 2010A8PS419G YALAVALA V K SHANMUKH KUMAR 576. 2010A8PS584G S ROHITH 577. 2010A8PS676G NEHA DAS 578. 2010A8TS103G DEEPAK RISHI 579. 2010A8TS293G SHIVA CHANDRA 580. 2010A8TS294G PRATYUSH SINGH 581. 2010A8TS305G SONIYA SANTOSH MANTRI 582. 2010A8TS310G MURARKA PRIYANS RAKESH 583. 2010A8TS340G DHILBAR ROSHAN 584. 2010A8TS383G M PREETAM SHIVARAM 585. 2010A8TS551G PRAKHAR KUMAR VERMA 586. 2008B1A8673G ADARSH N B 587. 2009B1A8155G SURESH MALATEESH KASHIKAR 588. 2009B1A8161G RAGHAV NYATI 589. 2009B1A8319G BONAGIRI SRIMAN 590. 2009B1A8357G NEHA AGGARWAL 591. 2009B1A8633G HARSHIT SOMANI 592. 2009B1A8636G C K VIJAY KIRAN 593. 2009B1A8639G DASIKA GAYATHRY 594. 2009B1A8642G PREETI KUMARI 595. 2009B1A8661G JAMMY SRIKANTH 596. 2009B1A8664G CHINTAN ZALANI 597. 2009B1A8669G NILABH SINHA 598. 2009B3A8389G VINAY KULKARNI 599. 2009B3A8483G SIDHARTH MEHTA

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 53 600. 2009B3A8520G DEVAYANI YADAV 601. 2009B3A8549G TADIKONDA SIVA PRASANTH 602. 2009B3A8556G KHAN SHAHZARIN MOBIN 603. 2009B3A8563G NACHIKET KATARIA 604. 2008B4A8610G PREM SARIT ACHARYA 605. 2009B4A8312G ASHWIN REDDY KONDAPALLI 606. 2009B4A8464G VEMURI LAKSHMI NARASIMHAVIHARI 607. 2009B4A8504G NEHA YEGNAMURTHY 608. 2009B4A8553G KRITI GARUDA 609. 2009B4A8570G KOLHE SUBODH BHANUDAS 610. 2009B4A8596G DIDWANIYA DEVENDRA KISHOR 611. 2009B4A8597G HIMANSHU GANGAL 612. 2009B4A8599G DEBANJUM SINGH SOLANKY 613. 2009B4A8622G JAIN SHREYANS NARESH 614. 2009B4A8625G PRANAV PRAKASH 615. 2009B4A8673G THOMAS ABU C 616. 2009B5A8412G K SURYA KIRAN 617. 2009B5A8465G VERENKAR AKSHAY SUHAS 618. 2009B5A8513G AJINKYA SHIRISH KULKARNI 619. 2009B5A8536G ROHAN KHANDUJA 620. 2009B5A8543G RACHIT KULSHRESHTHA 621. 2009B5A8546G R KRISHNA CHAITHANYA 622. 2009B5A8557G MANGALGIRI GAURI MUKUND

M.Sc.(Hons.) Biological Science

623. 2008B1A1449G SINGAREDDY SOMA SEKHARA REDDY 624. 2008B1A1678G B V S MOURYA 625. 2008B1A1680G KUNCHAPARTHI VAMSI 626. 2009B1A1186G NAPHADE ARCHANA ASHOK 627. 2009B1A1270G ANKIT JAIN 628. 2009B1A1394G NIKHIL MANDALIKA 629. 2009B1A1395G SHASHI BHUSHAN 630. 2009B1A1402G P RAGHAVENDRA 631. 2009B1A1601G M NAVEENA 632. 2009B1A1637G ABHISHEK ARUN 633. 2009B1A3331G SHUBHAM RAO 634. 2009B1A3399G ADITYA DADU 635. 2009B1A3621G B SAI JAHNAVI 636. 2009B1A3629G SWAPNIL SAURAV 637. 2009B1A3662G KURCHETI NEHA KIRAN 638. 2009B1A3663G SUDEEP GUPTA 639. 2009B1A3666G SHRUTI GARG 640. 2009B1A3668G BHARNI KRISHNA VENKATA CHEKURI 641. 2009B1A4628G VIBHOR ATREYA 642. 2009B1A4645G PRADYUMN AGARWAL

54 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 643. 2009B1A4665G HARIPRIYA VALAYAPUTTUR 644. 2009B1A7055G NIKHITA ARON 645. 2009B1A7589G CHIRAYU GARG 646. 2009B1A7635G KHUSHBOO MATREJA 647. 2008B1A8673G ADARSH N B 648. 2009B1A8155G SURESH MALATEESH KASHIKAR 649. 2009B1A8161G RAGHAV NYATI 650. 2009B1A8319G BONAGIRI SRIMAN 651. 2009B1A8357G NEHA AGGARWAL 652. 2009B1A8633G HARSHIT SOMANI 653. 2009B1A8636G C K VIJAY KIRAN 654. 2009B1A8639G DASIKA GAYATHRY 655. 2009B1A8642G PREETI KUMARI 656. 2009B1A8661G JAMMY SRIKANTH 657. 2009B1A8664G CHINTAN ZALANI 658. 2009B1A8669G NILABH SINHA

M.Sc.(Hons.) Chemistry

659. 2008B2A1415G EMANI AKHIL RAGHUNATH 660. 2008B2A1668G LAKSHMI V CHAITANYA NEKKANTI 661. 2008B2A1050G PRITAM KUMAR SINGH 662. 2009B2A1295G PRANAV NALAWADE 663. 2009B2A1309G AYEESHA KHANNA 664. 2009B2A1415G VANGA MOHAN KRISHNA 665. 2009B2A1561G NEHAL BHATIA 666. 2009B2A1565G GOUNI PRUTHVI 667. 2009B2A3304G AKANKSHA SHARMA 668. 2009B2A3314G ABHEEK DAS 669. 2009B2A3612G KARTIK MEHUL MANKAD 670. 2009B2A3670G HARSHVARDHAN 671. 2009B2A4305G HABBU SHREYAS GURURAJ 672. 2009B2A4322G GALI SUDHEER KUMAR REDDY 673. 2009B2A4467G VISHAL AHUJA 674. 2009B2A4489G RAHUL JAIN 675. 2009B2A4493G UDIT DEWAN 676. 2009B2A4564G SOURAV BANERJEE 677. 2009B2A4573G TARUN KHANNA 678. 2009B2A4605G SRIBHASHYAM KOMALA SAI SRI RAM 679. 2009B2A4627G OMKAR GANESH KASKAR 680. 2009B2A4632G SOHAG SEN 681. 2009B2A7310G VARUN VASWANI 682. 2009B2A7578G SASWAT BARUAH 683. 2009B2A7586G PRIYANKA SABOO 684. 2009B2A7631G SHUBHANKAR 685. 2009B2A7634G PRATYAY PANDEY

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 55 M.Sc.(Hons.) Economics

686. 2008B3A1418G D VENKATA SAI KRISHNAHAREESH 687. 2008B3A1662G THENTU SAI KISHEN 688. 2009B3A1288G JAYANTI HARISH 689. 2009B3A3287G ISHAN KAWLEY 690. 2009B3A3360G YASHU RAKESH AGARWAL 691. 2009B3A3418G NADKARNI NAMRATA HARISH 692. 2009B3A3459G SHIVANG GARG 693. 2009B3A3466G ASHESH KAUSHIK 694. 2009B3A3518G SHIVI ANAND 695. 2009B3A3526G NIKUNJ PUROHIT 696. 2009B3A3558G SAURABH SUMAN 697. 2009B3A3575G SUJAY MUZUMDAR 698. 2009B3A4291G G SRI HARSHA 699. 2009B3A4427G CHENNALLA KRISHNAKANTH REDDY 700. 2009B3A4439G S VARUN SHRIVATS 701. 2009B3A4446G RISHABH GOEL 702. 2009B3A4461G HARSHVARDHAN BAGARIA 703. 2009B3A4484G ADIGOPULA JANAKI VARA PRASAD 704. 2009B3A4511G NAYAK SAURABH SHUBHAKAR 705. 2009B3A4525G GAURAV MANOJ JHA 706. 2009B3A4533G SHINDE VINAYAK ASHOK 707. 2009B3A4537G VARUN AHUJA 708. 2009B3A4542G ANUBHAV AGRAWAL 709. 2009B3A4548G MANDADI PRANATHI 710. 2009B3A7248G NEIL RAJESH DHRUVA 711. 2009B3A7384G REPAL NEHA SHYAM 712. 2009B3A7448G ABHIJEET MEHROTRA 713. 2009B3A7449G SANKALP KULSHRESTHA 714. 2009B3A7568G MAHESHWARI RACHIT RAMESHCHANDRA 715. 2009B3A7581G ADITYA JAINI 716. 2009B3A7584G DIVYA GUPTA 717. 2009B3A7585G SAUMYA GUPTA 718. 2009B3A7588G SAJAG GOEL 719. 2009B3A7595G ARUSHI GUPTA 720. 2009B3A7616G M SHRUTHI SRINIVAS 721. 2009B3A7617G MEGHA AGGARWAL 722. 2009B3A7671G TANMAYA SANGHVI 723. 2009B3A8389G VINAY KULKARNI 724. 2009B3A8483G SIDHARTH MEHTA 725. 2009B3A8520G DEVAYANI YADAV 726. 2009B3A8549G TADIKONDA SIVA PRASANTH 727. 2009B3A8556G KHAN SHAHZARIN MOBIN 728. 2009B3A8563G NACHIKET KATARIA

56 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 729. 2010B3TS473G ISHA GARG

M.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics

730. 2008B4A1401G KANCHERLA SAITEJA 731. 2008B4A1665G ABHINAV GUPTA 732. 2007B4A1405G PALAGIRI YESWANTH REDDY 733. 2009B4A1323G AMULYA N 734. 2009B4A1530G RAYAVARAPU SAI SRIHARSHA 735. 2009B4A1550G JAYANTHI HARIKA 736. 2009B4A1587G CHITRE SAGAR SANDIP 737. 2008B4A3230G ABDUL MUBEEN 738. 2008B4A3468G AMANDU SHIVA KRISHNA 739. 2009B4A3469G ARUSHI SHARMA 740. 2009B4A3551G GINJUPALLI RAMYA TEJA 741. 2009B4A3560G RICHA DWIVEDI 742. 2008B4A4545G KANCHI NAVEEN 743. 2009B4A4293G SONTAKKE VISHAL VIWEK 744. 2009B4A4470G PRATIK S HEGDE 745. 2009B4A4477G KATTA RAJESH 746. 2009B4A4515G KUCHALAKANTHI SHARATH CHANDRA 747. 2009B4A4602G SAGAR RAMDAS DESHPANDE 748. 2009B4A4611G GOKUL V SHETTY 749. 2009B4A4674G TEJENDAR SINGH 750. 2008B4A7597G SAURABH KHARE 751. 2009B4A7292G RUCHIKA DALAL 752. 2009B4A7303G PRIYANKA SYAL 753. 2009B4A7497G SATHE GAURAV SUDHIR 754. 2009B4A7516G SIDDHARTH GUPTA 755. 2009B4A7562G JAPNEESH SINGH 756. 2009B4A7606G AGARWAL CHIRAG RAMAWTAR 757. 2009B4A7619G PANSE ANIKET PANDURANG 758. 2009B4A7624G ISHITA 759. 2008B4A8610G PREM SARIT ACHARYA 760. 2009B4A8312G ASHWIN REDDY KONDAPALLI 761. 2009B4A8464G VEMURI LAKSHMI NARASIMHAVIHARI 762. 2009B4A8504G NEHA YEGNAMURTHY 763. 2009B4A8553G KRITI GARUDA 764. 2009B4A8570G KOLHE SUBODH BHANUDAS 765. 2009B4A8596G DIDWANIYA DEVENDRA KISHOR 766. 2009B4A8597G HIMANSHU GANGAL 767. 2009B4A8599G DEBANJUM SINGH SOLANKY 768. 2009B4A8622G JAIN SHREYANS NARESH 769. 2009B4A8625G PRANAV PRAKASH 770. 2009B4A8673G THOMAS ABU C 771. 2009A7B4348G NANKAR SWAPNIL SUBHASH

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 57 M.Sc.(Hons.) Physics

772. 2008B5A1463G SAPRE KAUSHAL AJAY 773. 2009B5A1406G MALTUMKAR DEEPAK RAJ 774. 2009B5A1447G UTKARSH CHOUDHARY 775. 2009B5A1471G APOORV BHARDWAJ 776. 2009B5A3398G BHAT ISHAAN RAJESH 777. 2009B5A3411G MANI RAM P 778. 2009B5A3419G SOUVIK DUTTA 779. 2009B5A3421G ALBERT DAVIES 780. 2009B5A3468G NAIK ADITYA SACHIN 781. 2009B5A3480G KULKARNI AKSHAY SATISH 782. 2009B5A3532G AYYAGARI DRSS SANTHOSH 783. 2009B5A3534G BHALA NILESH NARENDRA 784. 2009B5A3626G RANJITA PAI KASTURI 785. 2009B5A4396G RATAN PARKHE KRISHNA KANT 786. 2009B5A4443G RAHUL KETAN RUPANI 787. 2009B5A4462G ADITYA ASATI 788. 2009B5A4522G JYOTHSNA K UNNIKRISHNAN 789. 2009B5A7401G NISHEETA DESAI 790. 2009B5A7524G GARGI BISWAS 791. 2009B5A7540G SHOBHIT SHARMA 792. 2009B5A7545G MALINENI MANOJ PRABHAKAR 793. 2009B5A7559G MANPREET SINGH KAINTH 794. 2009B5A7675G SHYANI MILIND ARJANBHAI 795. 2009B5A8412G K SURYA KIRAN 796. 2009B5A8465G VERENKAR AKSHAY SUHAS 797. 2009B5A8513G AJINKYA SHIRISH KULKARNI 798. 2009B5A8536G ROHAN KHANDUJA 799. 2009B5A8543G RACHIT KULSHRESHTHA 800. 2009B5A8546G R KRISHNA CHAITHANYA 801. 2009B5A8557G MANGALGIRI GAURI MUKUND

M.Sc.(Tech.) Information Systems

802. 2009C6PS370G K RADHA KRISHNA VINAY KUMAR 803. 2010C6PS008G ANCHIT AGARWAL 804. 2010C6PS121G GAURAV KUMAR 805. 2010C6PS140G ANUPAM SINGH 806. 2010C6PS190G RAKA HARSHALI GULABCHAND 807. 2010C6PS301G ARUSHI RAWAT 808. 2010C6PS325G RACHIT SAXENA 809. 2010C6PS345G GHOSH KAUSTAV DEBABARATA 810. 2010C6PS366G NISHANT SHYAMAL BUDHDEV 811. 2010C6PS368G ANKUR MODI

58 Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 812. 2010C6PS411G NIKHIL TANEJA 813. 2010C6PS413G ABHIPSA BEHERA 814. 2010C6PS416G BANDLA VENKATA KRISHNA 815. 2010C6PS424G SHIVAM AWASTHI 816. 2010C6PS444G DEVANSHU SETH 817. 2010C6PS474G VANSH MUDGIL 818. 2010C6PS477G SIDDHARTH MOHAN MISRA 819. 2010C6PS517G K ROHIT 820. 2010C6PS527G MOZARKAR MRUNAL 821. 2010C6PS539G SHAIK MOHAMMED FAIZAAN 822. 2010C6PS541G NEELIMA BHOGI 823. 2010C6PS550G NITIN SINGH 824. 2010C6PS568G DEBMALYA BANERJEE 825. 2010C6PS575G M.R.RENUKA PAI 826. 2010C6PS577G G GNANAPRIYA 827. 2010C6PS606G SHRUTI GUPTA 828. 2010C6PS615G AKSHAY VIKAS 829. 2010C6PS617G ROHIT GOEL 830. 2010C6PS618G YASH SINHA 831. 2010C6PS621G NUNNA SATHWIK 832. 2010C6PS626G TALUSANI MANI SHANKER 833. 2010C6PS627G SHOAIB MOHAMMED 834. 2010C6PS632G SHILADITYA MANDAL 835. 2010C6PS637G GARVIT VERMA 836. 2010C6PS641G DHRUVA JAIN 837. 2010C6PS646G AAKASH PILLAI 838. 2010C6PS648G ANAND GOYAL 839. 2010C6PS650G OMKAR SAYAJI HANDE 840. 2010C6PS656G TANUSHREE BANSAL 841. 2009C6TS680G SHIVAM 842. 2010C6TS592G DEBAJYOTI DATTA 843. 2010C6TS311G AKHIL SINGH 844. 2010C6TS126G DIPTI SENGUPTA 845. 2010C6TS422G RISHABH SAXENA 846. 2010C6TS451G BEZAWADA SRIKANTH 847. 2010C6TS564G SAHIL KASHYAP 848. 2010C6TS645G SARANSH SINHA

Convocation 2014, K K Birla Goa Campus 59 Oath

“On this solemn occasion, Convocation 2014 at Goa and in the

presence of my teachers and family, I pledge to use my

knowledge and experience gained at BITS Pilani and elsewhere in the service of the people of my country and of the

world. I will do so while adhering to the highest ethical

standards, in harmony with the environment, and with utmost

humility, honesty and devotion, and thereby bring glory to my

family, my Alma mater, my profession, and my country.” innovate achieve lead

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